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The importance of being earnest & other plays, Lady Windemere's fan : A woman of no importance : An ideal husband : The importance of being earnest and Salomé, Oscar Wilde ; with an introduction by Ned Halley ; illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley

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The importance of being earnest & other plays, Lady Windemere's fan : A woman of no importance : An ideal husband : The importance of being earnest and Salomé, Oscar Wilde ; with an introduction by Ned Halley ; illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 17)

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illustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

dramas

Main title

The importance of being earnest & other plays

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bibliography

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947146597

Responsibility statement

Oscar Wilde ; with an introduction by Ned Halley ; illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley

Sub title

Lady Windemere's fan : A woman of no importance : An ideal husband : The importance of being earnest and Salomé

Summary

The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, were all written at the height of the controversial Irish author's powers in his last, doomed decade, the 1890s. They remain among the most-loved, and most-quoted, of all drama in the English language. Along with Salomé, his darkly decadent dramatization of the Bible story, these immortal plays have continued to pack theaters to this day, and have been adapted for every kind of media. The plays were originally published in book form at Wilde's own insistence, the better to spread his genius wide

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