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The Importance of Being Earnest

Published by Start Classics
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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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.

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  • Publisher: Start Classics (December 1, 2013)
  • Length: 50 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781627938730

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