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The Importance of Being Earnest
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Manufacturer: Prestwick House Inc.
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.
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The Importance of Being Earnest Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 822
EAN: 9781580495806
ISBN: 158049580X
Label: Prestwick House Inc.
Manufacturer: Prestwick House Inc.
Book Pages: 76
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.
Studio: Prestwick House Inc.
Dewey Decimal Number: 822
EAN: 9781580495806
ISBN: 158049580X
Label: Prestwick House Inc.
Manufacturer: Prestwick House Inc.
Book Pages: 76
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.
Studio: Prestwick House Inc.
Editorial Review of The Importance of Being Earnest
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader‚s notes to help the modern reader appreciate Wilde's wry wit and elaborate plot twists.
Oscar Wilde’s madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers’ entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the high school curriculum for decades.
Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gewndolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack’s ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack’s country home on the same weekend—the "rivals" to fight for Ernest’s undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their beloveds—pandemonium breaks loose.
Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!
Customer Reviews of The Importance of Being Earnest
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: a really good novel
Review: this is a novel always on fashion. hte dialogs are simply brilliant. oscar wilde picture a great variety of original personalities
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Farce for the ages
Review: I listened to an audio performance of this hilarious farce. Even over a hundred years after its original publication, this tale of mistaken identities and silly social interactions continues to entertain.
Jack Worthing and his irreponsible friend, Algernon, both pretend to be named Earnest as they pursue love with Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew.
When the four lovers visit Jack's country home at the same time, the proverbial s**t his the fan. But never fear, a convienient twist resolves matters to everyone's satisfaction.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Stupidity has never been so witty and intelligent!
Review: My first exposure to Oscar Wilde was as a young girl reading his horrendously depressing fairy tales. And while I fell in love with him because of those, it was nice to get to high school and have my literature teacher throw something wilde and FUNNY in front of me. I think this was during a term where we were reading rather sad things, so this was an awesome break and a reminder that, guess what, classic literature can sometimes be entertaining.
I have never seen play nor movie of this, though I would like to, for this script is something that demands to be put into action. Satire usually has, since the Greeks. It's funny, witty, and smart, despite that the characters are among the dumbest, silliest people you will hopefully never have the opportunity to meet.
"The Importance of Being Ernest" is quick, biting, and a great, entertaining read.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An Earnest Classic
Review: A quick and entertaining read, Oscar Wilde's comic portrayal of 19th century upper-class intrigue is filled with witty, bantering dialogue. Two friends, Algernon and Jack, perfect the art of "Bunburying," which consists of inventing ill or troublemaking friends and relatives in order to get out of social engagements. Of course, this can only backfire and lead to confusion, particularly as Jack's fictitious brother Ernest shows up unexpectedly at the home of Cecily, Jack's ward and the woman Algernon hopes to marry. As Wilde pokes fun at the upper class and the deceptiveness inherent in its elaborate social protocol, the final irony comes when the hapless deceivers find they may have been inadvertently earnest all along.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Best play I've ever read
Review: The wit in which Wilde writes is incredible. It's a quick short play so you should definitely read it if you love plays. It's funny, and just quite great!
Review Summary: a really good novel
Review: this is a novel always on fashion. hte dialogs are simply brilliant. oscar wilde picture a great variety of original personalities
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Farce for the ages
Review: I listened to an audio performance of this hilarious farce. Even over a hundred years after its original publication, this tale of mistaken identities and silly social interactions continues to entertain.
Jack Worthing and his irreponsible friend, Algernon, both pretend to be named Earnest as they pursue love with Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew.
When the four lovers visit Jack's country home at the same time, the proverbial s**t his the fan. But never fear, a convienient twist resolves matters to everyone's satisfaction.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Stupidity has never been so witty and intelligent!
Review: My first exposure to Oscar Wilde was as a young girl reading his horrendously depressing fairy tales. And while I fell in love with him because of those, it was nice to get to high school and have my literature teacher throw something wilde and FUNNY in front of me. I think this was during a term where we were reading rather sad things, so this was an awesome break and a reminder that, guess what, classic literature can sometimes be entertaining.
I have never seen play nor movie of this, though I would like to, for this script is something that demands to be put into action. Satire usually has, since the Greeks. It's funny, witty, and smart, despite that the characters are among the dumbest, silliest people you will hopefully never have the opportunity to meet.
"The Importance of Being Ernest" is quick, biting, and a great, entertaining read.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An Earnest Classic
Review: A quick and entertaining read, Oscar Wilde's comic portrayal of 19th century upper-class intrigue is filled with witty, bantering dialogue. Two friends, Algernon and Jack, perfect the art of "Bunburying," which consists of inventing ill or troublemaking friends and relatives in order to get out of social engagements. Of course, this can only backfire and lead to confusion, particularly as Jack's fictitious brother Ernest shows up unexpectedly at the home of Cecily, Jack's ward and the woman Algernon hopes to marry. As Wilde pokes fun at the upper class and the deceptiveness inherent in its elaborate social protocol, the final irony comes when the hapless deceivers find they may have been inadvertently earnest all along.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Best play I've ever read
Review: The wit in which Wilde writes is incredible. It's a quick short play so you should definitely read it if you love plays. It's funny, and just quite great!