The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde

A selection of Oscar Wilde's best and most important plays - sharp, relevant and brilliant to this day

Who would have thought a comedy of manners written more than a hundred years ago would still be so apt and so funny? Oscar Wilde was a genius of play-writing, and his deftness, wit and sharp eye for social satire keep audiences in thrall to this day. Alongside Earnest, discover a biblical tragedy retold, Lady Windemere and her infamous fan and Wilde's take on an ideal husband, in this selection of Wilde's most important plays.

Oscar Wilde

Reviews

[The Importance of Being Earnest] has a strong claim to being the most perfect comedy in the English language

Daily Telegraph

[The Importance of Being Earnest] remains a thing of inimitable brains and beauty; the sharpest of social satires, wrapped in the most perfect of gossamer-light romantic comedies

Scotsman

Oscar Wilde's masterpiece about political chicanery, fraud, blackmail and the hypocrisy of public figures retains an alarming currency

Express (on An Ideal Husband)

Paperback

9781784871529

September 19, 2016

Vintage Classics

384 pages

RRP $22.99
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EBook

9781473545632

July 7, 2016

Vintage Digital

384 pages
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