The Importance Of Being Earnest

by Wilde, Oscar

Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirises some of the foibles and hypocrisy of late Victorian society. It has proved Wilde's most enduringly popular play. - [*Wikipedia*][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest

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London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine. Signed limited first edition. [xii], 152 pp. Bound in publisher's original pale lavender cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations by Charles Shannon. Copy number 82 of 100 large paper copies signed by Oscar Wilde with a flourish. Near Fine with subtle sunning, several barely discernible… Read more about this item
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[ London ]: The Folio Society 1960. Large 8vo.Illustrated. 78 pp., Recased with green morocco spine and original green silk boards. Boards bright with minor marks, but generally internally clean and bright. Illustrated by renowned costume designer Cecil Beaton with six colour plates. . Near Fine. Silk Over Boards. First Edition Thus. 1960.
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London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. 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 personæ 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… Read more about this item
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London: The Folio Society, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Cecil Beaton. Splendid Folio Society edition Wilde's enduring 1895 comedy. With colour illustrations by Cecil Beaton plus numerous two drawings within the text. Bound in green silk moire cloth. Complete with slipcase. Slipcase has toning and rubbing to edges. Sunning to spine. Contents bright and… Read more about this item
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

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