About the Book: The Importance of Being Earnest
After all, who has the right to cast a stone against one who has suffered?
Cannot repentance wipe out an act of folly? Why should there be one law for me
and another for women?
Wildes trivial play for serious people, a sparkling comedy of manners, is the
epitome of wit and style. This brilliantly constructed satire with its
celebrated characters and muchquoted dialogue turns accepted ideas inside out
and is generally regarded as Wildes masterpiece.
This Methuen Drama Student Edition of the play includes commentary and notes by
Lucie Sutherland, Assistant Professor in Drama