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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

A selection of Oscar Wilde's best and most important plays — sharp, relevant and brilliant to this day.

Who would have thought a comedy of manners written more than a hundred years ago would still be so apt and so funny? Oscar Wilde was a genius of play-writing, and his deftness, wit and sharp eye for social satire keep audiences in thrall to this day. Alongside Earnest, discover a biblical tragedy retold, Lady Windemere and her infamous fan and Wilde's take on an ideal husband, in this selection of Wilde's most important plays.

‘[The Importance of Being Earnest] has a strong claim to being the most perfect comedy in the English language’ Daily Telegraph

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 384
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781784871529
  • Release date
  • 2016