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The Importance of Being Earnest : and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Importance of Being Earnest : and Other Plays about?
<b>The crowning plays of one of Ireland's most heralded artists</b><br><br>Oscar Wilde was at once a family man and a homosexual outsider, a socialite, socialist, and Irish nationalist. His contradictions inspired him to ponder the roles and masks donned in conventional society, and his acute and wry insights are wonderfully displayed in this collection of his essential plays. Known not only for his brilliant, epigrammatic language, but also for his sense of theatrical design, color, and staging
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140436068
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- History, Poetry, Literary Collections
- Rating
- 4.26 / 5 (41,493 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Salome; Lady Windermere's Fan (Signet Classics) (2000)
- The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (Signet Classics) (1985)
- The Importance of Being Earnest: And Other Plays (Modern Library Classics) (2010)
- The Importance of Being Earnest: And Other Plays (Modern Library Classics) (2003)
- The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays : Salome; Lady Windermere's Fan (2000)
- The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays : Salome; Lady Windermere's Fan (2011)
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