The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

by Oscar Wilde

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"The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" by Oscar Wilde is a play first performed in 1895. Two young gentlemen lead double lives, each pretending to be named Ernest to escape social duties and win the hearts of their beloveds.

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