I have to say that going into reading this play, I'd had no idea how truly funny and amazingly entertaining it would be. I'd never read any of Wilde's works before, so I had nothing to base this one off of other than my English teacher's assurance that it would be a very amusing read. So I have to say I wasn't disappointed! Oscar Wilde's play is rife with morals and lessons that reflect very human relations prevalent even today.

The characters' actions are not only the shallow imitations of infatuation that they seem upon first look, but the very real reflections of how we as humans overcome our own vanity and shortcomings. It's a great ride, full of the whiticisms that made Wilde famous, and providing many hilarious quotes. I was unaware of how many quotes used today that were pulled from this play. Foremost among them, of course, being "To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as misfortune; To lose both looks like carelessness."

If you haven't yet read it, get on that! This play is more than worth the read... and even better if you can find a good audio book.