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Customer Review: a really good novel
this is a novel always on fashion. hte dialogs are simply brilliant. oscar wilde picture a great variety of original personalities
Customer Review: Farce for the ages
I listened to an audio performance of this hilarious farce. Even over a hundred years after its original publication, this tale of mistaken identities and silly social interactions continues to entertain.
Jack Worthing and his irreponsible friend, Algernon, both pretend to be named Earnest as they pursue love with Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew.
When the four lovers visit Jack's country home at the same time, the proverbial s**t his the fan. But never fear, a convienient twist resolves matters to everyone's satisfaction.
Customer Review: Stupidity has never been so witty and intelligent!
My first exposure to Oscar Wilde was as a young girl reading his horrendously depressing fairy tales. And while I fell in love with him because of those, it was nice to get to high school and have my literature teacher throw something wilde and FUNNY in front of me. I think this was during a term where we were reading rather sad things, so this was an awesome break and a reminder that, guess what, classic literature can sometimes be entertaining.
I have never seen play nor movie of this, though I would like to, for this script is something that demands to be put into action. Satire usually has, since the Greeks. It's funny, witty, and smart, despite that the characters are among the dumbest, silliest people you will hopefully never have the opportunity to meet.
"The Importance of Being Ernest" is quick, biting, and a great, entertaining read.
Product Description
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader‚s notes to help the modern reader appreciate Wilde's wry wit and elaborate plot twists. Oscar Wilde’s madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers’ entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the high school curriculum for decades. Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gewndolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack’s ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack’s country home on the same weekend—the "rivals" to fight for Ernest’s undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their beloveds—pandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!
Customer Review: Quick, clean, and to the point!
I recieved this script within three days of ordering. Well packaged inside and out this book was without even a dent (being paperback).
The script itself is fabulous! Very witty and entertaining. Keeps the audience interest and the ending is very satisfying.
Thanks! Very happy with my purchase!
Customer Review: The constraints of morality; does absolute confidence really exist???
The play's protagonist Jack makes up an imaginary brother called Earnest, who he uses as an excuse to get out of town and do what he likes, but is too embarrassed to admit he likes.
Jack and Algernon are best friends, who amusingly get tangled in the web of being mistaken for Earnest and falling in love with women who are mesmerized by the name Earnest, which as Jack's object of affection Gwendolen puts it: "it inspires absolute confidence".
The ladies, despite their fixation with Earnest's name, accept their loved ones, but will these two men give up the dream of being Earnest, and if they do, will society and other people accept the lie they made up?
As expected, a forcibly happy ending will reveal an unexpected surprise about Jack and the made up character.
If it wasn't Oscar Wilde's play, I would've asked, what are the odds? Given the playful plot and the masked serious topics like deception, double lives, hypocrisy and mainly the nature of marriage, I can accept some deviation from reality.
The importance of being Earnest is a fun read, and a special sarcastic way of dealing with Victorian morals and values as Wilde perceived them. The play absolutely deserves all the attention it got and still gets.
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