apr 6, 1895 - 'The importance...', O Wilde
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'...of being Earnest'
a play about identity, provides a critique of all aspects of fashionable Victorian society and institutions - marriag (which seems related to money more than t happiness), hypocrisy, class consciousness and social codes. Wit, paradox, inversion and flippant remarks are W's favorite tools in the service of satire
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