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An edition of The Importance of Being Earnest (1893)

Importance of Being Earnest

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  • ★★★★ 4.09 ·
  • 46 Ratings
  • 191 Want to read
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Ever since its debut on February 14th, 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest has been a literary and theatrical success. The brilliance of the witty conversation never ceases to delight and entertain. However, beneath its dazzling ironic humour, there is a deep vein of social criticism of Victorian society. This intricate mix of comedy, absurdity, ambiguity and social criticism makes Earnest Oscar Wilde's masterpiece.

A wide variety of activities enables students to check comprehension and analyse the play in detail. There are numerous footnotes to aid comprehension of the text and phonetic transcriptions of some difficult words.

An accompanying CD contains a selection of key scenes and the listening activities linked to the text.

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Publisher
Cideb
Language
English
Pages
160

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Subjects
British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), English life, Readers, etiquette, love, manners, marriage, play, Children's fiction, Youth, fiction, Drama, Foundlings, Identity (Psychology), Classic Literature, Comedias, English drama, English drama (Comedy), Expósitos, Fiction, Identidad (Psicología), Inglés, Libros de lectura, Social life and customs, Teatro, Comedy, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), English literature, History and criticism, Literature, Movie novels, Man-woman relationships, Social norms, Aristocracy (Social class), Unterrichtseinheit, Dictionaries, English language, Spanish, Manners and customs, French, Mistaken identity, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Comics & graphic novels, literary, Courtship, Humor
People
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Salome (Biblical figure)
Places
London, England
Times
Victorian, 19th century

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The Importance of Being Earnest
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
2016, Wisehouse Classics
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The Importance of Being Earnest
2014, Standard Ebooks
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Jul 07, 2013, Simon & Brown
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
2010, Broadview Press
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The Importance of Being Earnest
2006, Prestwick House, Prestwick House Inc.
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The Importance of Being Earnest: and Other Plays
2005, Pocket Books
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The importance of being earnest
2005, ICON Classics
electronic resource / in English - Webster's French Thesaurus ed. for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOEFL, TOEIC and AP test preparation.
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The importance of being earnest
2005, ICON Classics
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Importance of Being Earnest
1998, Cideb
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The Importance of Being Earnest
1997, La Spiga
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
1895, S. French
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Book Details

Published in

Genoa (Gènova), Italy

Edition Notes

Series
The Original Classics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
822.8

Contributors

Editor
Elvira Poggi Repetto
Editor
Rebecca Raynes
Designer
Nadia Maestri
Illustrator
Gianni De Conno
Editor
Gina D. B. Clemen

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
1 CD (173p.)
Number of pages
160
Dimensions
21 x 15 x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22827786M
ISBN 10
8877543663
ISBN 13
9788877543660
OCLC/WorldCat
807795374
Book Crossing ID (BCID)
14158991

Work Description

Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirises some of the foibles and hypocrisy of late Victorian society. It has proved Wilde's most enduringly popular play. - Wikipedia

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