Oscar Wilde, Golgotha Press
The Importance of Being Earnest
eBook
(Golgotha Press Feb. 25, 2011)
An eBook of Oscar Wilde’s classic play, this edition includes a short critical commentary on the work and it’s themes; the book also includes a short essay examining Wilde’s life and and works.
Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the plays major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduring and popular play.
Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the plays major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduring and popular play.
- Pages
- 133