The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Salome; Lady Windermere's Fan - Softcover

Wilde, Oscar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451525051 ISBN 13: 9780451525055

Publisher: Signet Classics, 1985

Synopsis

Presents the three classic plays "Salome," "Lady Windermere's Fan," and "The Importance of Being Earnest"

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Review:

'Oscar Wilde's Victorian comedy of manners can still seem thrillingly contemporary - the sharp repartee and delicious skeweing of hypocrisy and pomposity can still make you laugh out loud.' Siobhan Murphy, Metro (London), 10.7.09 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is the most perfect high comedy in the English language.' Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 10.7.09 'a revelation of inter-personal social engineering that keeps things firmly in the family in a gloriously superficial piece of serious fun.' Neil Cooper, Herald, 25.10.10 'A treasure trove of delicious aphorisms and quotable epigrams' Robert Dawson Scott, The Times, 27.10.10 'Wilde's 1895 masterpiece is a magnificent piece of theatre' Joyce McMillan, Scotsman, 29.10.10 'a biting satire wrapped in a romantic comedy' Mark Brown, Sunday Herald, 31.10.10 'Wilde's tale of love, snobbery, misunderstandings and unlikely coincidences' Mark Brown, Sunday Herald, 31.10.10 'Oscar Wilde's most celebrated comedy' Allan Radcliffe, List, 4.11.10

Book Description:

A collection of literature anthologies and reference books for Key Stage 3 onwards.

About this edition

• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0451525051
• ISBN 13: 9780451525055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240