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Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of Wilde's timeless classic.
Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morning-room in Algernon's flat in Half-Moon Street. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room.[Lane is arranging afternoon tea on the table, and after the music has ceased, Algernon enters.]Algernon. Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?Lane. I didn't think it polite to listen, sir.Algernon. I'm sorry for that, for your sake. I don't play accurately-any one can play accurately-but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.Lane. Yes, sir.Algernon. And, speaking of the science of Life, have you got the cucumber sandwiches cut for Lady Bracknell?Lane. Yes, sir. [Hands them on a salver.]Algernon. [Inspects them, takes two, and sits down on the sofa.] Oh! ... by the way, Lane, I see from your book that on Thursday night, when Lord Shoreman and Mr. Worthing were dining with me, eight bottles of champagne are entered as having been consumed.Lane. Yes, sir; eight bottles and a pint.Algernon. Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information.Lane. I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand.Algernon. Good heavens! Is marriage so demoralising as that?Lane. I believe it is a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I have only been married once. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young person.Algernon. [Languidly.] I don't know that I am much interested in your family life, Lane.Lane. No, sir; it is not a very interesting subject. I never think of it myself.Algernon. Very natural, I am sure. That will do, Lane, thank you.Lane. Thank you, sir. [Lane goes out.]Algernon. Lane's views on marriage seem somewhat lax. Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility.[Enter Lane.]Lane. Mr. Ernest Worthing.[Enter Jack.][Lane goes out.]Algernon. How are you, my dear Ernest? What brings you up to town?Jack. Oh, pleasure, pleasure! What else should bring one anywhere? Eating as usual, I see, Algy!Algernon. [Stiffly.] I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock. Where have you been since last Thursday?Jack. [Sitting down on the sofa.] In the country.Algernon. What on earth do you do there?
Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest Golden Eagle World Classics Collection Illustrated written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Importance of Being Earnest", short for "The Importance of Being Earnest - A Trivial Comedy for Serious People", first premiered in 1895, is a farcical comedy by Oscar Wilde. The protagonists of Wilde's most enduringly popular play maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations in late Victorian London. The satire's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage. Its high farce and witty dialogue led to the culmination of Wilde's artistic career. The play has been revived many times since its premiere and has been adapted for the cinema on numerous occasions. The Golden Eagle World Classics Collection is a collection of pioneering works that shaped the understanding of human history and philosophy. From Austen to Shakespeare to Tolstoy, this collection contains the most influential thinkers across various centuries. The canon aims to provide a literary foundation to understand the past, the present, and the future of humanity. For more information on the collection, please go to www.GoldenEaglePublishers.com.
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Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” Wilde’s play is a brilliantly satirical comedy of manners, sending up the absurdity of Victorian social mores and cleverly critiquing the conventions of love and marriage. The tale of two gentlemen who adopt fictitious identities in order to woo the objects of their affections is Wilde’s most beloved work, considered to be one of the wittiest plays ever written in English. The glowing critical reception in London on opening night at the St. James Theater in 1895 marked the high point of Wilde’s career as a writer.
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Download or read book The Importance Of Being Earnest Annotated Classic Volume written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar WildeThis lighthearted play tells the farcical tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Montcrieff-two men who falsely claim to be named Ernest when they fall in love with two women whose affections are illogically but irrevocably tied to the name.The Importance of Being Earnest was popular upon its debut in 1895. It was not until the twentieth century that Wilde's work was once again recognized both for its literary worth and comedic genius, and subsequently The Importance of Being Earnest has been adapted many times for film and theatre, most recently in the 2002 film starring Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon, and Dame Judy Dench.
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Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest Classic Masterpieces written by Oscar Wilde and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic and timeless play is a gelastic comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious characters in order to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are (1) the interplay of triviality and social standards when confronting well regarded and serious institutions such as marriage and (2) the results of such interactions and clichés.
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