by Oscar Wilde · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140623451
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«The Importance of Being Earnest» is Oscar Wilde's play, published by Penguin Books in paperback (80 pages, in English).
To evade his obligations, Algernon invents a sick friend and Jack passes himself off as a certain Ernest. When both pretend to be that same character to win over their ladies, misunderstandings unfold that only an old black handbag can resolve. Wilde wittily satirizes the hypocrisy and conventions of high Victorian society.
The play was originally published and premiered in 1895. This edition belongs to the Penguin Popular Classics collection and includes the complete text.
Due to its frequent use in curricula, it is suitable for students of English literature and for lovers of classic comedy.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era. Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), his epigrams, plays and bedtime stories for children, as well as his criminal conviction in 1895 for gross indecency and for practicing homosexual acts.
