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The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
Author: Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's brilliant play makes fun of the English upper classes with light-hearted satire and dazzling humour. It is 1890's England and two young gentlemen are being somewhat limited with the truth. To inject some excitement into their lives, Mr Worthing invents a brother, Earnest, as an excuse to leave his dull country life behind him to pu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780078260940
ISBN-10: 0078260949
Publication Date: 10/1/2001
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Publisher: Glencoe McGraw-Hill
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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A classic play by the wittiest Irishman ever to set pen to paper.
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This book has a somewhat confusing plot and spends approximately 50 pages just telling of staging, costumes, lighting ect.
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Witty, entertaining and brief.
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classic Oscar Wilde performed by a cast not read by one person.
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A lovely and comical story.


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