An edition of The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (1924)

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An edition of The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (1924)

The importance of being earnest and other plays

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Algernon pretends to be Jack's troublesome younger brother, in Wilde's satirical assault on nineteenth-century fashions, manners, and morality.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
431

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Fiction Drama Foundlings Classic Literature Identity (Psychology) Identity (Psychology) -- Drama. British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author) Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author) English drama Identity Social life and customs Manners and customs Identity (psychology)--drama Foundlings--drama Pr5812 .c38 2000 822/.8

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The importance of being earnest and other plays
2003, Modern Library
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The importance of being earnest and other plays
2000, Penguin Books
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Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays
March 1985, Dutton Books
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (Signet Classics)
March 10, 1985, Signet Classics
in English
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Salome; Lady Windermere's Fan (Signet Classics)
March 10, 1985, Signet Classics
in English
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (Signet Classics)
March 10, 1985, Signet Classics
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxix-xxx).

Published in
London, New York
Series
Penguin classics
Genre
Drama.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
822/.8
Library of Congress
PR5812 .C38 2000, PR5812.C38 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxx, 431 p. ;
Number of pages
431

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3962359M
ISBN 10
0140436065
LCCN
2001266018
OCLC/WorldCat
43378386
LibraryThing
22992
Goodreads
92308

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL14877853W

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Work Description

Contains the complete text of Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband" and "Lady Windermere's Fan."

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