The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde - Livros - Createspace Independent Publishing Platf - 9781725058323 - 11 de agosto de 2018
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The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. The play opens with Algernon Moncrieff, an idle young gentleman, receiving his best friend, Jack Worthing ('Ernest'). Ernest has come from the country to propose to Algernon's cousin, Gwendolen Fairfax. Algernon refuses to consent until Ernest explains why his cigarette case bears the inscription, "From little Cecily, with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack." 'Ernest' is forced to admit to living a double life. In the country, he assumes a serious attitude for the benefit of his young ward, the heiress Cecily Cardew, and goes by the name of John (or Jack), while pretending that he must worry about a wastrel younger brother named Ernest in London. In the city, meanwhile, he assumes the identity of the libertine Ernest. Algernon confesses a similar deception: he pretends to have an invalid friend named Bunbury in the country, whom he can "visit" whenever he wishes to avoid an unwelcome social obligation. Jack refuses to tell Algernon the location of his country estate.

Mídia Livros     Paperback Book   (Livro de capa flexível e brochura)
Lançado 11 de agosto de 2018
ISBN13 9781725058323
Editoras Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Páginas 64
Dimensões 216 × 280 × 3 mm   ·   172 g
Idioma English  

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