Modern Library Classics (eBook)
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A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the "The Importance Of Being Earnest," the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde's art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brimful of quaint conceits and diverting paradoxes Biographical Summary to get to know the great character and life of Wilde.Oscar Wilde's Trajectory and his culmination with this play.On "The importance of Being Earnest"; reception of the play in its day and why it became a classic.House Decoration, With Observations upon Dress and Personal Ornaments witty Wilde's lecture to build our image of him and his stage.COMPLETE ORIGINAL PLAY.
Written from Wilde's prison cell at Reading Gaol to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas, De Profundis explodes the conventions of the traditional love letter and offers a scathing indictment of Douglas's behavior, a mournful elegy for Wilde's own lost greatness, and an impassioned plea for reconciliation. At once a bracingly honest account of ruinous attachment and a profound meditation on human suffering, De Profundis is a classic of gay literature. Richard Ellmann calls De Profundis "a love letter...One of the greatest, and the longest, ever written."
This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition contains newly commissioned notes.
This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition contains newly commissioned notes.