Titre :	The importance of being earnest
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Oscar Wilde, Auteur
Editeur :	London [England] : Penguin Books
Année de publication :	1994
Collection :	Penguin popular classics
Importance :	1 vol. (66 p.)
Présentation :	couv. ill. en coul.
Format :	18 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-14-062172-3
Langues :	Anglais
Catégories :	LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature
Résumé :	Oscar Wilde's brilliant play makes fun of the English upper classes with light-hearted satire and dazzling humour. It is 1890's England and two young gentlemen are being somewhat limited with the truth. To inject some excitement into their lives, Mr Worthing invents a brother, Earnest, as an excuse to leave his dull country life behind him to pursue the object of his desire, the ravishing Gwendolyn. While across town Algernon Montecrieff decides to take the name Earnest, when visiting Worthing's young ward Cecily. The real fun and confusion begins when the two end up together and their deceptions are in danger of being revealed.

The importance of being earnest [texte imprimé] / Oscar Wilde, Auteur . - London (England) : Penguin Books, 1994 . - 1 vol. (66 p.) : couv. ill. en coul. ; 18 cm. - (Penguin popular classics) .
ISBN : 978-0-14-062172-3
Langues : Anglais

Catégories :

LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature

Résumé :

Oscar Wilde's brilliant play makes fun of the English upper classes with light-hearted satire and dazzling humour. It is 1890's England and two young gentlemen are being somewhat limited with the truth. To inject some excitement into their lives, Mr Worthing invents a brother, Earnest, as an excuse to leave his dull country life behind him to pursue the object of his desire, the ravishing Gwendolyn. While across town Algernon Montecrieff decides to take the name Earnest, when visiting Worthing's young ward Cecily. The real fun and confusion begins when the two end up together and their deceptions are in danger of being revealed.