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Summary: I thought it was a good book.
Review: I thought this was a good book. I read it with my 10th grade class. It had a few good models of comedy in it.I don't have much to say about it, but I must go write an essay on it now.
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Summary: Love is a funny thing
Review: Jack Worthing is engaged to lady named Gwendolyn and they are soon to get married. Jack had to find away to escape from Miss Prism because she disapproved of him so he created a brother named Earnest. While Jack was in London he feel in love with another women named Cecily Carden. Over time his fiancée's mother started to see that there was more to Jack than what he was letting on to. The only reason that Cecily wants the marry Jack is because she thinks that his name is really Earnest. Jack/ Earnest has a fiancée but is in love with another women at the same time.This is a very short book but at the same time it is very easy to get in to because of the conflicts that occur. This book is very funny especially the conversations between Jack and Algernon. The story is a political and social satire and a look at the upper British society. I thought that the story was great because of the humor but at the same time the story was kind of sneaky which drew me into the story even more. I would suggest the book to anyone.
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Summary: The Importance of Being Ernest, the Funniest Book Around
Review: Oscar Wilde's terrific comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, jokes on serious human themes, such as love, religion, and truthfulness. This play uses comedy to joke about real life situations; that realistically would be wrong. In the end, a comedy's main purpose is to take a real life concept that ordinarily can not be made fun of, and make it fiction. The reader will be delighted by the comedy's similarity to today's T.V. sitcoms, which, like The Importance of Being Ernest, make fun of serious, real life problems. Nick at Night's new motto is "100% sitcoms, 100% unreality T.V." So is The Importance of Being Ernest.
The Importance of Being Ernest shows how reality can be made fun of in context of a comedy. Watch as Algernon and Jack create fictional brothers, so they can enjoy the best out of both worlds, and how the woman they fall in love with view their lies. The two woman's ideas on love will astonish the reader. Jack and Algernon mock religion when they use it as a way to impress women. The best part of this book occurs in the end, when Jack finds out who he really is, and how marriage is used as bribery. Even with all the lies and deceptions, the characters never take a thing seriously, and as a result the end of the book has a happy tone.
In the end, I strongly recommend this book to anyone with a sense of humor, which is basically everybody. It is well written, and there are small parts within the language itself that will make you laugh. It is only 54 pages, so if you're having a rough day, and need a good laugh, pick up a copy of The Importance of Being Ernest, and laugh your head off.
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Summary: Hip-hip-hooray
Review: Perhaps it is my unique sense of humor, but I found this book incredibly funny. I wasn't rolling on the floor or anything, but it is funny in an Oscar Wilde way. My personal favorite is The Importance of Being Earnest, although all the others are very good also. Get this book. There are great quotes and good characters.
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Summary: A Fine,Pleasant Read.
Review: The ultimate showcase of Wilde's talents,his plays,presents the timeless wit of this fascinating & endearing personality,whose life if only he was able to create a work that equalled it,would raise his critical position in literature astoundingly.The last two plays are not only a delightful read,but also historically significant in giving a taste of Victorian manners & morals of the time.Lighthearted in scope,sufficient in content,Wilde's plays are something to go back to when one feels the need for a less burdensome diversion.
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Summary: The best at his best!
Review: This is THE best collection of plays that I've ever read. Overflowing with wit and genius, it'll make you laugh and cry out for more. I must have read it more than ten times already and yet it gets better with each reading. There is no doubt, Wilde epitomises wit. Read this and you'll find out what you've been missing!
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Summary: The importance of reading these plays!
Review: While Oscar Wilde is not Shakespeare unarguably the best playwright, he is incredibly good and all three plays show it. Salome is a short 'biblical' play, Lady Windermere's Fan is a bit longer and with the exception of the naivete suffered by the Lady of the title incredibly well written as well. However, The Importance of Being Earnest is by far the best play in this collection. Two men whom are trying to get away with pulling a fast one on their girlfriends and two women who think they know whats going on. Throw in a misplaced bag with a baby inside, an overbearing British matriarch, and a Governess with a past and you have a laugh out loud comedy. Who knew the British could be so funny...when written about anyway.
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