Play · 1895
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Play · 1895 · English · Victorian
The Importance of Being Earnest
Two men invent alibis named Ernest.
ComedySatireIdentityClassMarriage
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The most perfectly engineered comedy in English: every epigram is also a plot device, and triviality is treated with lethal seriousness.
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