The importance of being earnest, and other plays /
Oscar Wilde
- London ; New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1985
- 347 p. ; 19 cm
- Penguin plays .
Wilde was both a glittering wordsmith and a social outsider. His drama emerges out of these two perhaps contradictory identities, combining epigrammatic brilliance and shrewd social observation. This book includes "Lady Windermere's Fan", "Salome", "A Woman of No Importance", "An Ideal Husband", "A Florentine Tragedy" and "The Importance of Being Earnest