The Importance of Being Earnest -- Oscar Wilde

<p><strong>The full text of Oscar Wilde's beloved comedy of manners, including exclusive commentary, selections from Wilde's correspondence, and excerpts from the original four-act version.</strong></p><p><em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> shows a full measure of Oscar Wilde's legendary wit, and embodies more than any of his other plays his decency and warmth. <br/></p><p>This edition contains substantial excerpts from the original four-act version which was never produced, as well as the full text of the final three-act version, selections from Wilde's correspondence, and commentary by George Bernard Shaw, Max Beerbohm, St. John Hankin, and James Agate.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>"It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy and it has its philosophy; that we should treat all trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality." -Oscar Wilde</strong><br/></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Oscar Wilde<br><b>Publisher:</b> Avon Books<br><b>Published:</b> 01/01/1976<br><b>Pages:</b> 160<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.18lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.90h x 4.20w x 0.46d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780380012770