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The Importance of Being Earnest - by Oscar Wilde (Paperback)

The Importance of Being Earnest - by  Oscar Wilde (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><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><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><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. This edition contains substantial excerpts from the original four-act version which was never produed, as well as the full test 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.

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