Oscar Wilde: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521639521)

The truth is rarely pure, and never simple.' . . .in married life three is company and two is none.' Is this play a unique work of art' as Oscar Wilde believed? Or, as a first-night reviewer claimed in 1895, it represents nothing, means nothing, is nothing'? This is for you to decide. . . Cambridge Literature is a series of study texts which presents writing in the English-speaking world from the 16th century up to the present day. The series includes novels, drama, short stories, poetry, essays and other types of non-fiction. Each edition has the complete text with an appropriate glossary. The student will find in each volume a helpful introduction and a full section of resource notes encouraging active and imaginative study methods.

Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN-10: 0521639522
ISBN-13: 9780521639521
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/13/1999
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 143056 / Importance of Being Earnest