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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST AND OTHER PLAYS...

The crowning plays of one of Ireland's most heralded artists Oscar Wilde was at once a family
man and a homosexual outsider  a socialite  socialist  and Irish nationalist. His
contradictions inspired him to ponder the roles and masks donned in conventional society  and
his acute and wry insights are wonderfully displayed in this collection of his essential plays.
Known not only for his brilliant  epigrammatic language  but also for his sense of theatrical
design  color  and staging  Wilde created an enduring body of finely crafted works  whose
delights and ironies still speak to modern audiences. In addition to Lady Windermere's Fan 
Salomé  A Woman of No Importance  An Ideal Husband  A Florentine Tragedy  and The Importance of
Being Earnest  this edition contains an introduction  notes and commentaries  and an excised
scene from The Importance of Being Earnest. For more than seventy years  Penguin has been the
leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1 700
titles  Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and
across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced
by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors  as well as
up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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