The Importance of Being Earnest

The full text of Oscar Wilde's beloved comedy of manners, including exclusive commentary, selections from Wilde's correspondence, and excerpts from the original four-act version. The Importance of Being Earnest  shows a full measure of Oscar Wilde's legendary wit, and embodies more than any of his other plays his decency and warmth. 
This edition contains substantial excerpts from the original four-act version which was never produced, as well as the full text of the final three-act version, selections from Wilde's correspondence, and commentary by George Bernard Shaw, Max Beerbohm, St. John Hankin, and James Agate. “It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy and it has its philosophy; that we should treat all trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.” 

Author: Oscar Wilde

Publisher: Williams Morrow

Released Date: 2014

ISBN: 9780380012770