Name: Oscar Wilde: 'the Importance of Being Earnest' (Cambridge Literature)
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Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9780521639521

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Oscar Wilde: 'the Importance of Being Earnest' (Cambridge Literature)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Oscar Wilde

Illustrated by

John Lancaster

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

126

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.3x12.7x0.8 cm

Weight

0.16 kg.

ISBN

0521639522

ISBN13

9780521639521

Edition No.

Synopsis "Oscar Wilde: 'the Importance of Being Earnest' (Cambridge Literature) "

The truth is rarely pure, and never simple.' . . .in married life three is company and two is none.' Is this play a unique work of art' as Oscar Wilde believed? Or, as a first-night reviewer claimed in 1895, it represents nothing, means nothing, is nothing'? This is for you to decide. . . Cambridge Literature is a series of study texts which presents writing in the English-speaking world from the 16th century up to the present day. The series includes novels, drama, short stories, poetry, essays and other types of non-fiction. Each edition has the complete text with an appropriate glossary. The student will find in each volume a helpful introduction and a full section of resource notes encouraging active and imaginative study methods.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde is considered one of the most prominent playwrights of late Victorian London. Additionally, he was a celebrity of the time due to his great and sharp wit. Today, he is remembered for his epigrams, his short stories, his plays, his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the tragedy of his imprisonment, followed by his premature death.

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