The Importance Of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde • BookLikes (ISBN:1599868571)

The Importance Of Being Earnest

by: Oscar Wilde (author)

4.00 10

Format: paperback

ISBN: 9781599868578 (1599868571)

Publish date: November 7th 2007

Publisher: Filiquarian

Edition language: English

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Reading For The Heck Of It rated it

7 years ago

http://readingfortheheckofit.booklikes.com Reading For The Heck Of It 4.5 Didn't get the word play of the title until I was writing out my notes

text Didn't get the word play of the title until I was writing out my notes

After what feels like a millennium, I have read The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and I totally get the hype now. Oscar Wilde's play focuses on two men who independently of the other have invented alternate personas that allow them to cut loose without (hopefully) any repercussions. One...

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The better to see you, my dear rated it

7 years ago

http://Zanahoria.booklikes.com The better to see you, my dear 4.0 Rapid fire farse

text Rapid fire farse

About every-other line is a quotable observation, a stab at societal mores, a joke, or all of the above. Algernon's being the most egregious. Prime case would be The truth is rarely pure and never simple. I had fun, and I reckon the rising level of ridiculous would be even better watching it p...

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MadgeWhitlin rated it

8 years ago

http://MadgeWhitlin.booklikes.com MadgeWhitlin 4.0 The Importance of Being Earnest

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I can't believe I haven't read this before, ugh. I've heard of this play, of course, but I honestly didn't know anything about it before reading it, except that it was funny.I would love to see this performed because, as amusing as it was to read, I feel like actually seeing it acted out would be ev...

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