{"product_id":"importance-of-being-earnest","title":"Importance Of Being Earnest","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe crowning plays of one of Ireland's most heralded\nartists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOscar Wilde was at once a family man and a homosexual outsider, a socialite,\nsocialist, and Irish nationalist. His contradictions inspired him to ponder the\nroles and masks donned in conventional society, and his acute and wry insights\nare wonderfully displayed in this collection of his essential plays. Known not\nonly for his brilliant, epigrammatic language, but also for his sense of\ntheatrical design, color, and staging, Wilde created an enduring body of finely\ncrafted works, whose delights and ironies still speak to modern audiences. In\naddition to \u003ci\u003eLady Windermere's Fan, Salomé, A Woman of No Importance, An\nIdeal Husband, A Florentine Tragedy, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Importance of\nBeing Earnest\u003c\/i\u003e, this edition contains an introduction, notes and\ncommentaries, and an excised scene from \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic\nliterature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles,\nPenguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout\nhistory and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to\nprovide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by\ndistinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as\nup-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e (1854–1900) was an Irish writer,\npoet, and playwright. His novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e,\nbrought him lasting recognition, and he became one of the most successful\nplaywrights of the late Victorian era with a series of witty social satires,\nincluding his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44636097052879,"sku":"9780140436068","price":26.7,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_18df357a-b65e-4682-a162-0ac3319bd901.jpg?v=1761104089","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/importance-of-being-earnest","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}