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Earnest, upright young Gerard Arbuthnot is overjoyed when the suave Lord Illingsorth offers him employment as his secretary, despite his mother's pleas that he refuse this brilliant entree into sophisticated socity. Should she reveal the shameful secret that she has kept hidden for twenty years, and possibly destroy her beloved son's happiness forever? How can she show Gerard that, contrary to appearances, Lord Illingworth is in fact a man of no importance?
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Review:
Classic Wilde in many respects: a comic melodrama populated by a combination of stuffy society types and devil-may-care Wildean stand-ins whose quips and paradoxical epigrams cut through the delusions and hypocrisies of their milieu. --Irish Theatre Magazine
About the Author:
Oscar Wilde died in 1900. His many plays include THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, AN IDEAL HUSBAND and LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN, which is published simultaneously in Penguin Audiobooks with a full cast recording. LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME and Wilde's only novel, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY are also available on Penguin Audiobooks, both read by John Moffat.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0140865403
- ISBN 13 9780140865400
- BindingAudio Cassette
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