The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays (Barnes &

The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays (Barnes & Noble Classics)
The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays, by Oscar Wilde, is part of the Barnes & Noble ClassicsÂ series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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Oscar Wildeâ€™s legendary wit dazzles in The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the greatest and most popular works of drama to emerge from Victorian England. A light-hearted satire of the absurdity of all forms and conventions, this comic masterpiece features an unforgettable cast of characters who, as critic Max Beerbohm observed, Â“speak a kind of beautiful nonsenseÂ—the language of high comedy, twisted into fantasy.â€
This collection also includes Oscar Wildeâ€™s most famous comedies, Lady Windermereâ€™s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, and An Ideal Husband, as well as his poetic tragedy SalomÃ©Â—all written between 1891 and 1895, Wildeâ€™s most creative period. George Bernard Shaw said of Oscar Wilde that he is Â“our most thorough playwright. He plays with everything: with wit, with philosophy, with drama, with actors and audience, with the whole theater.â€
Kenneth Krauss received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He teaches drama at the College of Saint Rose, where he also directs and produces. His most recent book is The Drama of Fallen France, on French theater under the German Occupation.
Country USA
Brand Barnes & Noble Classics
Manufacturer Sterling Publishing
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2003-12-01
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884453706371
EANs 9781593080594

Country	USA
Brand	Barnes & Noble Classics
Manufacturer	Sterling Publishing
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2003-12-01
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884453706371
EANs	9781593080594

The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays (Barnes & Noble Classics)

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