The Importance Of Being Earnest Annotated

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : First Avenue Editions ™
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781467756549

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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Pdf

Jack Worthing gets antsy living at his country estate. As an excuse, he spins tales of his rowdy brother Earnest living in London. When Jack rushes to the city to confront his "brother," he's free to become Earnest and live a different lifestyle. In London, his best friend, Algernon, begins to suspect Earnest is leading a double life. Earnest confesses that his real name is Jack and admits the ruse has become tricky as two women have become enchanted with the idea of marrying Earnest. On a whim, Algernon also pretends to be Earnest and encounters the two women as they meet at the estate. With two Earnests who aren't really earnest and two women in love with little more than a name, this play is a classic comedy of errors. This is an unabridged version of Oscar Wilde's English play, first published in 1899.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781467746137

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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Pdf

Jack Worthing gets antsy living at his country estate. As an excuse, he spins tales of his rowdy brother Earnest living in London. When Jack rushes to the city to confront his "brother," he's free to become Earnest and live a different lifestyle. In London, his best friend, Algernon, begins to suspect Earnest is leading a double life. Earnest confesses that his real name is Jack and admits the ruse has become tricky as two women have become enchanted with the idea of marrying Earnest. On a whim, Algernon also pretends to be Earnest and encounters the two women as they meet at the estate. With two Earnests who aren't really earnest and two women in love with little more than a name, this play is a classic comedy of errors. This is an unabridged version of Oscar Wilde's English play, first published in 1899.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781877527449

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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Pdf

The Importance of Being Earnest is the last play Oscar Wilde ever wrote, and remains his most enduringly popular. It makes fun of social graces in the late Victorian era. Two seemingly unrelated parties are thrown into ridiculous entanglement when their fake identities, maintained in order to escape social responsibilities, grow ever more complicated to uphold.

Author : Charles H. Sylvester
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781434477934

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Journeys Through Bookland by Charles H. Sylvester Pdf

A collection of various pieces of poetry and prose.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : England
ISBN : 0674048989

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The Annotated Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Pdf

The Annotated Importance of Being Earnest provides facing-page commentary on Oscar Wilde's greatest play. Editor Nicholas Frankel highlights the play's relation to the author's homosexuality and to the climate of sexual repression that led to Wilde's imprisonment just months after the play's London opening in 1895.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1517773113

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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Pdf

A farce, one of the best ever written, cleverly constructed and delightfully amusing. There is only the slightest attempt at the sketching of character, while most of the personages are at best but caricatures; the Wilde's skill is brought to bear chiefly upon the situations and the lines. It so happens that this farce contains more clever lines, puns, epigrams, and deft repartees than any other of modern times, but these are after all accessory. A farce may be written without these additions--it might well be pure pantomime. Wilde has thrown them in for full measure.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798639893551

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The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde The New Annotated Edition by Oscar Wilde Pdf

The Importance of Being Earnest was popular upon its debut in 1895. It was not until the twentieth century that Wilde's work was once again recognized both for its literary worth and comedic genius, and subsequently The Importance of Being Earnest has been adapted many times for film and theatre, most recently in the 2002 film starring Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon, and Dame Judy Dench.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0225659026

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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Pdf

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798644050253

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The Importance Of Being Earnest "Annotated Edition" by Oscar Wilde Pdf

The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar WildeThis lighthearted play tells the farcical tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Montcrieff-two men who falsely claim to be named Ernest when they fall in love with two women whose affections are illogically but irrevocably tied to the name.The Importance of Being Earnest was popular upon its debut in 1895. It was not until the twentieth century that Wilde's work was once again recognized both for its literary worth and comedic genius, and subsequently The Importance of Being Earnest has been adapted many times for film and theatre, most recently in the 2002 film starring Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon, and Dame Judy Dench.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798644050178

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The Importance Of Being Earnest "Annotated Volume" by Oscar Wilde Pdf

The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar WildeThis lighthearted play tells the farcical tale of Jack Worthing and Algernon Montcrieff-two men who falsely claim to be named Ernest when they fall in love with two women whose affections are illogically but irrevocably tied to the name.The Importance of Being Earnest was popular upon its debut in 1895. It was not until the twentieth century that Wilde's work was once again recognized both for its literary worth and comedic genius, and subsequently The Importance of Being Earnest has been adapted many times for film and theatre, most recently in the 2002 film starring Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon, and Dame Judy Dench.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780674057920

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Pdf

The Picture of Dorian Gray altered the way Victorians understood the world they inhabited, heralding the end of a repressive era. Now, more than 120 years after Wilde handed it over to his publisher, Wilde’s uncensored typescript is published here for the first time, in an annotated, extensively illustrated edition.

Author : Kristy Ironside
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674251649

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A Full-Value Ruble by Kristy Ironside Pdf

A new history shows that, despite MarxismÕs rejection of money, the ruble was critical to the Soviet UnionÕs promise of shared prosperity for its citizens. In spite of Karl MarxÕs proclamation that money would become obsolete under Communism, the ruble remained a key feature of Soviet life. In fact, although Western economists typically concluded that money ultimately played a limited role in the Soviet Union, Kristy Ironside argues that money was both more important and more powerful than most histories have recognized. After the Second World War, money was resurrected as an essential tool of Soviet governance. Certainly, its importance was not lost on Soviet leaders, despite official Communist Party dogma. Money, Ironside demonstrates, mediated the relationship between the Soviet state and its citizens and was at the center of both the governmentÕs and the peopleÕs visions for the maturing Communist project. A strong rubleÑone that held real value in workersÕ hands and served as an effective labor incentiveÑwas seen as essential to the economic growth that would rebuild society and realize CommunismÕs promised future of abundance. Ironside shows how Soviet citizens turned to the state to remedy the damage that the ravages of the Second World War had inflicted upon their household economies. From the late 1940s through the early 1960s, progress toward Communism was increasingly measured by the health of its citizensÕ personal finances, such as greater purchasing power, higher wages, better pensions, and growing savings. However, the increasing importance of money in Soviet life did not necessarily correlate to improved living standards for Soviet citizens. The Soviet governmentÕs achievements in Òraising the peopleÕs material welfareÓ continued to lag behind the WestÕs advances during a period of unprecedented affluence. These factors combined to undermine popular support for Soviet power and confidence in the Communist project.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 9781427054272

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An Ideal Husband (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) by Oscar Wilde Pdf

Author : Paul Stephenson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674659629

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New Rome by Paul Stephenson Pdf

Part 1. Life in the later Roman world: Life at the end of the 'Lead Age' -- Family and faith -- An empire of cities -- Culture, communications, commerce -- Constantinople, the new Rome -- Part 2. Power and politics: The Theodosian Age, AD 395-451 -- Soldiers and civilians, AD 451-527 -- The Age of Justinian, AD 527-602 -- The Heraclians, AD 602-c. 700 -- Part 3: The end of antiquity: The end of ancient civilisation -- Apocalypse and the end of antiquity -- Emperors of New Rome.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798752777615

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The Importance of Being Earnest Annotated by Oscar Wilde Pdf

The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Some contemporary reviews praised the play's humour and the culmination of Wilde's artistic career, while others were cautious about its lack of social messages. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.