Project Gutenberg 1997-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 26700 Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest David Price "The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" by Oscar Wilde is a play written in the late 19th century. This witty farce revolves around the theme of mistaken identities and the absurdities of Victorian society, focusing on the lives of two friends, John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who both assume fictitious personas to escape their societal obligations. The opening of the play establishes Algernon Moncrieff's opulent flat, where he converses with his manservant Lane about the complexity of life and marriage. John Worthing, or "Ernest" in town, visits Algernon, expressing his purpose of proposing to Gwendolen Fairfax, Algernon's cousin. Through clever dialogue, the two men discuss their escapades and the concept of "Bunburying," a euphemism for creating a fictional identity to avoid responsibilities. This sets the stage for comedic misunderstandings and romantic entanglements that unfold as they both navigate their relationships with the women in their lives, Gwendolen and Cecily Cardew. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Comedy plays England -- Drama Identity (Psychology) -- Drama Foundlings -- Drama PR Text Plays Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 159548 2025-07-01T07:23:55.870188 text/html 164142 2021-02-13T05:00:56 text/html 52625 2021-02-13T05:07:01 text/html application/zip 157577 2025-07-01T07:24:02.833139 application/epub+zip 156431 2025-07-01T07:23:59.230151 application/epub+zip 116644 2025-07-01T07:23:58.010161 application/epub+zip 381897 2025-07-01T07:24:05.111164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367997 2025-07-01T07:24:02.040175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242640 2022-09-01T08:26:15.111348 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141889 2025-07-01T07:23:55.307205 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141727 2021-02-13T05:06:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 50440 2021-02-13T05:06:37 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19638 2025-07-01T07:24:05.234162 application/rdf+xml 23921 2025-07-01T07:23:58.514189 image/jpeg 4614 2025-07-01T07:23:58.261167 image/jpeg 153024 2025-07-01T07:23:55.882208 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia