A hilarious look at Wilde's wittier side! | The Importance of Being Earnest (Dover Thrift Editions)

Stick to the book for English Class.... | The Importance of Being Earnest (Dover Thrift Editions) | Oscar Wilde

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	• The Importance of Being Earnest (Dover Thrift Editions) Oscar Wilde Dover Publications, 1990 - 64 pages average customer review:based on 61 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Clever and witty even today!

This is Wilde's best play, it is fast moving, has wonderful characters (especially the women), and funnily enough is still a pretty accurate observation of society. Perhaps nothing ever really changes! At the core of the play is the name Earnest, and all that it means to the various characters, and how their white lies and complicated lives catch up with them. And the lines - wonderful ones like "I always carry my diary - a lady should always have something scandalous to read on the train", and "if you are not too long, I shall wait for you forever!". Be assured, all works out well in the end, and all shall be revealed as to how important it is to be Earnest.

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A hilarious look at Wilde's wittier side!

This book had me laughing almost the whole time I was reading it. This is a good book, great for older children to adults, and is sure to at least amuse the most humorless individual.

Stick to the book for English Class....

As an English teacher, I bought this recording so that my class could hear Wilde's witty repartee at stage-speed (we all know how slow reading in class can go...). I thought the recording was a fair representation of this quite hysterical play, but there were a few weaknesses that made it less valuable than I had hoped. The women mumbled a little at low volumes, which didn't work in my large classroom and old tape player. Also, the guys didn't like Algernon's voice, which sounded like a woman's and not at all like the rogue we pictured him to be. It was also necessary to keep the text out to read along, unless you've read it before, because the quick English clip of the actors masks some of the funnier lines.

Over all, I would recommend this for Wilde lovers who are already familiar with the play and looking for an amusing car-stereo companion.

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A Side Splitting Comedy

My father was never much of a reader, but after having told him I was planning to read this play, he confessed it was one of the few books he had read for his own enjoyment. I'm not surprised now, after reading it, to hear that it was also his very favorite. I was laughing practically non-stop from Jack's originating from a handbag, to the scene where all is discovered about their names. It's witty, charming, and absolutely brilliant. Plus, it's inexpensive and short, so if you aren't much of a reader, like my dear old dad, this is the book for you!

A Play to be Recommended

The story is about the two dandies Algernon and Jack who invented an imaginary person to have an excuse to go to country or to town. Both of them fall in love, but because of the double personality of Algernon and Jack there is a lot of confusion. At the everything clears up and there is a happy ending. We liked to read the book and can recommend it to everyone. It is really very funny. The characters talk a lot of paradoxical things. Oscar Wilde plays with the adjective earnest and the name Ernest. The motto of the play is: "In matters of great importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing." Oscar Wilde said once: " We should treat all the trivial things of life very seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality." At the beginning everything they talk about seems to be nonsense, but if you think about it you see that some things they say are quite rig

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