Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest.
As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain, and died in poverty.
Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the high school curriculum for decades.
Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekend the "rivals" to fight for Ernest's undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their beloveds pandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader appreciate Wilde's wry wit and elaborate plot twists.
發表於2025-03-03
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【Spoilers Alert】 Jack Worthing - used as an instrument to represent the upperclass ideals of duty and responsibility. However lives a double life in the city as Ernest to escape from his duties, which reveals the hypocrisy of upperclass Victorians. Alger...
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評分The balance of the piece is astounding. Characters developing, setting construction and plot unfolding, all of which present the perfect juxtapositions of two ends of everything: affluence and scarcity, wittiness and dullness, embrace and hostility, and of ...
評分As a treasure in literature, this play has enduring attraction. It’s a topic of interest among critics. As far as this play is concerned, sociological perspective is efficient, for there are many coincidences between the author’s life and the characters’...
評分王爾德算不上一個好的劇作傢,恩。比如這部the importance of being earnest,無論男女、老少、主僕,十來號人說起話來都是一個調調,我暈~~ 一樣伶牙俐齒,玩世不恭,每個人的嘴裏都時不時冒齣幾句王氏招牌悖論,害得我老覺得是王爾德一人分飾多角自言自語瞭三幕!自負機智詼...
圖書標籤: OscarWilde 戲劇 王爾德 英國文學 劇本 英國 英文原版 外國文學
很難想像王爾德嚴守某種規則
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The Importance of Being Earnest 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載