The importance of being earnest and other plays / Oscar Wilde ; with an introduction by Sylvan Barnet ; and a new afterword by Elise Bruhl and Michael Gamer.
The importance of being earnest and other plays / Oscar Wilde ; with an introduction by Sylvan Barnet ; and a new afterword by Elise Bruhl and Michael Gamer.
By
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Publication Date
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2012, 1956
Publication Information
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New York : Signet Classics,
Physical Description
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xxxiv, 201 p.
Subject Term
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Mistaken identity -- Drama.
English drama (Comedy)
Plays.
Geographic Term
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England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.
Additional Contributors
:
Barnet, Sylvan.
Bruhl, Elise.
Gamer, Michael.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-201).
Summary
:
Algernon pretends to be Jack's troublesome younger brother, in Wilde's satirical assault on nineteenth-century fashions, manners, and morality.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780451531896
General Note
:
This edition features an appendix that restores lines that appeared in the original four-act play.
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 822.8 W64 | Checked In |