The Importance of Being Earnest: 'The Importance of Being Earnest'

Name: The Importance of Being Earnest: 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
Rating: 4.195488721804511 (665 reviews)
Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9780140436068

by Oscar Wilde

4.2

(665 ratings)

464 pages2021Independently PublishedISBN 9780140436068

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About this book

"Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Earnest, while Algernon has also posed as Earnest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekend--the "rivals" to fight for Earnest's undivided attention and the "Earnests" to claim their beloveds--pandemonium breaks loose"--Page 4 of cover.

Publication Details

Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2021
Pages: 464
ISBN: 9780140436068
Language: en

About Oscar Wilde

An Irish writer, poet, and prominent aesthete. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain, and died in poverty.