The importance of being earnest / Oscar Wilde.
1990
PR5818 .I4 1990b (Mapit)
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Title
The importance of being earnest / Oscar Wilde.
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ISBN
0486264785 (pbk.)
9780486264783 (pbk.)
9780486264783 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Dover Publications, 1990.
Language
English
Description
viii, 54 p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
PR5818 .I4 1990b
Dewey Decimal Classification
822/.8
Summary
"First published 1899 in the United Kingdom. Drawing room comedy exposing quirks and foibles of Victorian society with plot revolving around amorous pursuits of two men who face social obstacles when they woo young ladies of quality. This play 'is noted for its witty lines, its clever situations, and its satire on the British nobility and clergy.'" Reader's Ency 4th ed.
Note
"Unabridged and unaltered text of The importance of being earnest (first publication: Leonard Smithers & Co., London, 1890)"--T.p. verso.
Series
Dover thrift editions.
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