# The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

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- Authors: [Oscar Wild](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-wild)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-17-8487-152-9
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2016-07-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A selection of Oscar Wilde's best and most important plays - sharp, relevant and brilliant to this day. Who would have thought a comedy of manners written more than a hundred years ago would still be so apt and so funny? Oscar Wilde was a genius of play-writing, and his deftness, wit and sharp eye for social satire keep audiences in thrall to this day. Alongside Earnest, discover a biblical tragedy retold, Lady Windemere and her infamous fan and Wilde's take on an ideal husband, in this selection of Wilde's most important plays. ‘[ The Importance of Being Earnest ] has a strong claim to being the most pe rfect comedy in the English language’ Daily Telegraph