The Importance Of Being Earnest - 9781718704923

The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy of manners set in Victorian England. Algernon lives in London and says he has a sick friend in the country. He uses visits to his imaginary friend to get out of things. His best friend, Ernest, is also Jack and is doing the exact same thing. Misunderstandings abound in this comedy. 'The truth is rarely pure, and never simple.', '...in married life three is company and two is none.' Is this play a 'unique work of art' as Oscar Wilde believed? Or, as a first-night reviewer claimed in 1895, it 'represents nothing, means nothing, is nothing'? This is for you to decide.

• • Author: Oscar Wilde
• • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: May 05, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 76 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1718704925
• • ISBN-13: 9781718704923