The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde · 1895 · Comedy

Synopsis

Two young men maintain false identities to escape their social obligations, both claiming a fictitious alter ego named Ernest. The machine of deception spins until it has to stop — and the revelation, when it comes, is the most perfectly timed joke in English drama. A play so quotable that Wilde's wit has never really been out of circulation.

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