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The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

Start date: March 5, 2015

Finish date: March 31, 2015

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Sep 20, 2012 Batgrl (Book Data Kept Elsewhere) rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, play-or-theatrical-works

My favorite exchange is still:

LADY BRACKNELL: It really makes no matter, Algernon. I had some crumpets with Lady Harbury, who seems to me to be living entirely for pleasure now.

ALGERNON: I hear her hair has turned quite gold from grief.

And then second:

JACK: I have lost both my parents.

LADY BRACKNELL: To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. And of course it's lines like these that makes the play hold up, no matter how many yea ...more

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Nov 13, 2012 Cee rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical, short-stories, romance, classics

The first good thing about TIOBE is that it’s short. It’s a play! It’s extremely easy to read, since it’s all just dialogue. I’ve never been able to get through a classic this fast. It doesn’t use many hard words or therms you might not know. TIOBE is extremely accessible for people that would like to give classics a try, but don’t know where to start.

I can easily imagine this sort of story being the predecessor of soap series. It has everything: drama, suspense, mistaken identities, romance, cr ...more

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