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The Importance of Being Earnest
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Oscar Wilde's comedy turns false names, courtship, muffins, and social manners into perfectly polished satire.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest follows Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff through invented identities, romantic complications, and Lady Bracknell's unforgettable interrogations. Wilde's farce uses dazzling dialogue to expose class performance, marriage markets, and the absurd seriousness of polite society.
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Oscar Wilde died in 1900, and The Importance of Being Earnest was first published in 1895. These dates support the public-domain basis for this English original-language edition.
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- 01Full text
- 02ACT I. Algernon Moncrieff’s Flat in Half-Moon Street, W.
- 03ACT II. The Garden at the Manor House, Woolton.
- 04ACT III. Drawing-Room at the Manor House, Woolton.
- 05SCENE
- 06ACT DROP
- 07SCENE
- 08ACT DROP
- 09SCENE
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