| The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays Enriched Classi Edition Contributor(s): Wilde, Oscar (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416500421 ISBN-13: 9781416500421 Publisher: Simon & Schuster
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2005 Annotation: Featuring a chronology of the author's life and career, and a timeline of significant events to provide historical context, these Enriched Classics editions make an ideal introduction to these of these unforgettable works. Original. Click for more in this series: Enriched Classics |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822 |
| LCCN: 2006295694 |
| Lexile Measure: 1390(Not Available) |
| Series: Enriched Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 4.46" W x 6.78" L (0.50 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Ingram Paperback Advance 07/01/2005 pg. 62 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 79335 Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. Wilde's classic comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, a satire of Victorian social hypocrisy and considered Wilde's greatest dramatic achievement, and his other popular plays--Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and Salome--challenged contemporary notions of sex and sensibility, class and cultural identity. Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author's personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research. Read with confidence. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilde, Oscar: - Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854, to the Irish nationalist and writer "Speranza" Wilde and the doctor William Wilde. After graduating from Oxford in 1878, Wilde moved to London, where he became notorious for his sharp wit and flamboyant style of dress. Though he was publishing plays and poems throughout the 1880s, it wasn't until the late 1880s and early 1890s that his work started to be received positively. In 1895, Oscar Wilde was tried for homosexuality and was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison. Tragically, this downfall came at the height of his career, as his plays, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, were playing to full houses in London. He was greatly weakened by the privations of prison life, and moved to Paris after his sentence. Wilde died in a hotel room, either of syphilis or complications from ear surgery, in Paris, on November 30, 1900. |
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