The Importance of being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
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From the book:Morning-room in Algernon's flat in Half-Moon Street. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room. [LANE is arranging afternoon tea on the table, and after the music has ceased, ALGERNON enters.] ALGERNON. Did you hear what I was playing, Lane? LANE. I didn't think it polite to listen, sir. ALGERNON. I'm sorry for that, for your sake. I don't play accurately - any one can play accurately - but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.
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Victorian, 19th centuryShowing 12 featured editions. View all 445 editions?
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Feb 22, 2016, Digireads.com
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
2016, Wisehouse Classics
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Jul 07, 2013, Simon & Brown
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
2010, Broadview Press
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The Importance of Being Earnest
2006, Prestwick House, Prestwick House Inc.
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The Importance of Being Earnest: and Other Plays
2005, Pocket Books
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The importance of being Earnest: a trivial comedy for serious people
1895, S. French
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
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Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirises some of the foibles and hypocrisy of late Victorian society. It has proved Wilde's most enduringly popular play. - Wikipedia
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