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An edition of The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People (1893)

The importance of being Earnest

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Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirises some of the foibles and hypocrisy of late Victorian society. It has proved Wilde's most enduringly popular play. - Wikipedia

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W.H. Baker
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English
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124

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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
2016, Wisehouse Classics
in English
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The Importance of Being Earnest
2014, Standard Ebooks
in English
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Jul 07, 2013, Simon & Brown
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The importance of being earnest: a trivial comedy for serious people
1992, A & C Black
in English
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The Importance of Being Earnest
1965, The Avon Theatre Library
in English
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the importance of being earnest
1959, barron's educational series, inc.
in English
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
1948, THE GREY WALLS PRESS
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The Importance of Being Earnest
1943, Anderson College Drama Dept.
in English
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The importance of being Earnest
1920, W.H. Baker
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The importance of being Earnest
1920, W.H. Baker
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The importance of being Earnest
1920, W.H. Baker
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The Importance of being earnest
1919
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
1910, B. Tauchnitz
in English
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The importance of being Earnest: a trivial comedy for serious people
1895, S. French
in English - French's standard library ed.

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124 p. ;
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124

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