The Importance of Being Earnest
By: Oscar Wilde
Series: Prestwick House literary touchstone classics
Publisher: Prestwick House; Prestwick House Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Clayton, Del
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
ISBN-13: 9781580495806
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: English drama
Description: "Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Earnest, while Algernon has also posed as Earnest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekend--the "rivals" to fight for Earnest's undivided attention and the "Earnests" to claim their beloveds--pandemonium breaks loose"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: "Unabridged'--Cover.

"Revised March, 2006"--Title page verso.

"This Prestwick House edition, is a slightly altered unabridged republication of The Importance of Being Earnest, published in 1919, by Boni Liveright, Inc. New York"--Title page verso.