{"product_id":"the-importance-of-being-earnest-and-other-plays-9781416500421","title":"The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays","description":"\u003cb\u003eEnriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilde's classic comedy of manners, \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003c\/i\u003e, a satire of Victorian social hypocrisy and considered Wilde's greatest dramatic achievement, and his other popular plays--\u003ci\u003eLady Windermere's Fan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Ideal Husband\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalome\u003c\/i\u003e--challenged contemporary notions of sex and sensibility, class and cultural identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author's personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRead with confidence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilde, Oscar:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854, to the Irish nationalist and writer \"Speranza\" Wilde and the doctor William Wilde. After graduating from Oxford in 1878, Wilde moved to London, where he became notorious for his sharp wit and flamboyant style of dress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough he was publishing plays and poems throughout the 1880s, it wasn't until the late 1880s and early 1890s that his work started to be received positively. In 1895, Oscar Wilde was tried for homosexuality and was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison. Tragically, this downfall came at the height of his career, as his plays, \u003ci\u003eAn Ideal Husband \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest, \u003c\/i\u003ewere playing to full houses in London. He was greatly weakened by the privations of prison life, and moved to Paris after his sentence. Wilde died in a hotel room, either of syphilis or complications from ear surgery, in Paris, on November 30, 1900.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51254084927762,"sku":"9781416500421","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1021b2d3-5cfb-489e-baa0-ed7484da3d87.jpg?v=1746306791","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-importance-of-being-earnest-and-other-plays-9781416500421","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}