The Importance of Being Earnest

Wonderfully funny story! Short, but I couldn't put it down.

BANTER!

why did algernon eat all the cucumber sandwiches

I remembered virtually nothing from the first time I read this (I think it was during a rushed I-read-classics phase in high school?), and it is such a delight. It's like reading an exceptionally well-written sitcom. A sitcom that comments on class and wealth and marriage and skewers Victorian society at large etc. It's goofy, but grounded in satire, and utterly pitch-perfect.

Fandom is a double edged sword. It can be good for the ego and dangerous for body. Add to the mixture of a sexually repressed society, a homosexual extra marital affair and a homophobic father and you have a career ender. That's of course not the plot of Oscar Wilde's most famous play The Importance of Being Earnest but the true life drama surrounding the play. The play itself is a pretty tame farce of mistaken identities and promises of marriage if only the parties involved can unravel who is who. At the heart of the matter is the question of who is Earnest and who is Jack Worthing. Jack is a foundling, having been left a train station in a bag as an infant. The play is three short and silly acts with lots witty dialogue. Sometimes it's confusing to read but on stage it's a riot. I've seen it performed ages ago but this was the first time for me to read it.

A nice comedy about catfishing.

help it's been too long since i first read this it is exactly as funny and irreverent as i remember

pure sass, indeed

peak comedy

Pure sass 😂🖤

Very entertaining, realistic characters.

I'm not sure if I'm a fan of this work, but I do like the irony and wit in it! The title alone is genius!

What's up with the ladies and the name Ernest? They really took that "Nomen est omen" to heart. Also, who leaves a baby in a bag by mistake?

Absolutely hilarious, anyone in need of a laugh should read this.

Het tweede toneelstuk dit jaar. Wel grappig dat dit stuk blijkbaar een inspiratie was voor waiting for godot. Verder goed stuk vooral de parallelen die steeds terugkomen.

I needed to read a play for my reading challenge, so I settled on The Importance of Being Earnest. I saw the movie version years ago and remembered it being funny. I haven't read a play since college. I'd say most of my lower rating is because I find trying to read a play as a novel has lost it's appeal to me. They're meant to be preformed and enjoyed via that performance not on the page. So although it was a fun story albeit a bit silly, it lacked resonance with me due to it's format. Next time I'll skip reading a play and just go see it. This review fulfills the "A Play" category of the Popsugar reading challenge. http://www.popsugar.com/love/Reading-...

Most entertaining.

oscar wilde is so funny ?! i had a blast reading this and literally snorted out loud so many times. this was such an amusing read overall so if you somehow haven’t read this yet, do it now !!

An entertaining read but I wonder if I would've liked it more if I took this in a class setting where we would have further analysis of plot, themes, and characters.

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I just ADORE this play, it makes me laugh out loud! I happily read it through an audiobook that held a superb cast, and reminded me very much of the Colin Firth film adaptation. I definitely plan to read this again!

** spoiler alert ** This play will forever be one of the funniest things I've ever read. I highly recommend it to the world.

I read this play for University, it was absolutely hilarious. I enjoyed it immensely. I would recommend every person ons earth to read it at least once.