{"product_id":"9780451531896","title":"The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eA universal favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest displays Oscar Wilde's wit and theatrical genius at their brilliant best. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSubtitled \"A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,\" this hilarious attack on Victorian manners and morals turns a pompous world on its head, lets duplicity lead to happiness, and makes riposte the highest form of art. Written, according to Wilde, \"by a butterfly for butterflies,\" it is a dazzling masterpiece of comic entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough it was originally written in four acts, The Importance of Being Earnest is usually performed in a three-act version. This authoritative edition features an appendix that restores valuable lines that appeared in the original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this special collection are Wilde's first comedy success, Lady Windermere's Fan, and his richly sensual melodrama, Salomé, which he called \"that terrible coloured little tragedy I once in some strange mood wrote\"—and which shocked and enraged the censors of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes an Introduction by Sylvan Barnet\n\u003cbr\u003eand an Afterword by Elise Bruhl and Michael Gamer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signet Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48684662358251,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":10.89,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780451531896-1.jpg?v=1781624019","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9780451531896","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}