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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

Mass Market Paperback (Simon & Schuster Aug. 1, 2005) , Enriched Classic Edition
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.

Wilde’s classic comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, a satire of Victorian social hypocrisy and considered Wilde’s greatest dramatic achievement, and his other popular plays—Lady Windermere’s Fan, An Ideal Husband, and Salome—challenged contemporary notions of sex and sensibility, class and cultural identity.

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Series
Enriched Classics
ISBN
1416500421 / 9781416500421
Pages
400
Weight
7.9 oz.
Dimensions
4.19 x 0.9 in.

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