num_pages: 265
description: Wilde's wittiestOne thing happens when you read Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"; you are amazed to remember that this play was authored over 100 years ago. For most plays of that era, the average reader tends to lose references and it tends to be stodgy and irrelevant. Not so Earnest, due to the brilliance and imagination of it's playwright.
language: English
title: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
titlecomplete: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Irish Literature, Plays, Humor, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 50385
publisher: Barnes and Noble Books