Author: Oscar Wilde
Year: 1895
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Classic, Play, Humor
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9781580495806
9780486264783
158049580X
0486264785 |
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Subtitled "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People," Wilde's play is a brilliantly satirical comedy of manners, sending up the absurdity of Victorian social mores and cleverly critiquing the conventions of love and marriage. The tale of two gentlemen who adopt fictitious identities in order to woo the objects of their affections is Wilde's most beloved work, considered to be one of the wittiest plays ever written in English. The glowing critical reception in London on opening night at the St. James Theater in 1895 marked the high point of Wilde's career as a writer.
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