# The Importance of Being Earnest

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- Authors: [Oscar Wilde](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-wilde)
- Language: en_IN
- Published: 2026-10-01
- Genres: The Arts, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Architecture, Performing arts, Language teaching and learning, Plays, playscripts, drama, Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Classic fiction: literary and general

## Description

In a world obsessed with appearances, telling the truth can be surprisingly inconvenient. In The Importance of Being Earnest , Oscar Wilde turns love, courtship and social respectability into a sparkling game of deception, as two men invent alter egos to escape the expectations placed upon them. Mistaken identities, romantic entanglements and outrageous social rules collide in a comedy that skewers the performance of respectability and the absurdity of trying to live up to other people’s ideas of who we should be. With its razor-sharp wit and unforgettable characters, Wilde’s enduring classic remains as relevant to our age of carefully curated identities as it was to Victorian society.

## Editions

### The Importance of Being Earnest

- Publisher: India Penguin
- ISBN: 978-93-7730-432-4
- Pages: 122
- Published: 2026-10-01
- Language: en_IN

### The Importance of Being Earnest

- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- ISBN: 978-03-9342-197-2
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2022-06-30
- Language: en_US

### The Importance of Being Earnest

- Publisher: Methuen Drama
- ISBN: 978-13-5014-193-3
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2022-02-10
- Language: en_US

### The Importance of Being Earnest

- Publisher: fingerprint
- ISBN: 978-93-8814-437-7
- Pages: 148
- Published: 2018-08-01
- Language: en_US

### The Importance of Being Earnest

- Publisher: Legend Press
- ISBN: 978-17-8719-980-4
- Pages: 76
- Published: 2017-06-01
- Language: en_US

### The Importance of Being Earnest

- Publisher: fingerprint
- ISBN: 978-81-7599-285-6
- Pages: 120
- Published: 2015-04-01
- Language: en_US

### The Importance Of Being Earnest

- Publisher: Pearson
- ISBN: 978-14-0827-805-5
- Published: 2011-01-01
- Language: en_GB

### The Importance Of Being Earnest

- Publisher: BBC Digital Audio
- Medium: audio
- Length: 2 h 22 min
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde, Richard Pasco, Prunella Scales, Maurice Denham
- ISBN: 978-14-0842-571-8
- Published: 2010-03-01
- Language: en_GB

### The Importance of Being Earnest

- Publisher: Modern Library
- ISBN: 978-08-1296-714-2
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2004-06-08
- Language: en_US

### The Importance Of Being Earnest

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-17-8487-167-3
- Language: en_GB

## This book in other languages

- [Jak je důležité míti Filipa](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-wilde/cs/jak-je-dulezite-miti-filipa) (cs_CZ)
- [The Importance of Being Earnest](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-wilde/es/the-importance-of-being-earnest) (es_AR)
- [Il importe d'être constant](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-wilde/fr/il-importe-detre-constant) (fr_FR)
- [L’importanza di essere onesto](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-wilde/it/limportanza-di-essere-onesto) (it_IT)