FREEThe Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
"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. Filled with sharp wit and clever wordplay, the farcical comedy gently mocks Victorian society through memorable characters including the formidable Lady Bracknell. The play parodies theatrical conventions while exploring themes of identity, deception, and the absurdities of proper society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Automated conservative edition review 2026-10-20T13:05:36.303Z (historical-original-en-v2), Philippines scope. English historical author Wilde, Oscar, died 1900; original-language author allowlist, matching sole EPUB/catalog creator, no credited contributors, no extra artwork, no flagged editorial/translation/copyright cues in isolated text. US public-domain source label and retained Gutenberg license; EPUB CRC passed. This is rule-based screening, not a worldwide rights opinion or a claim of manual review. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/844; Philippine term reference https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/copyright/. EPUB SHA256 979b96af3108b97d45bbcd4ea93bb2d47747a1c51d4de139527b30f550018920; RDF SHA256 882723edf484d1852e4639957ee53a16c5bf43c266e67d6deeff672b9bb97058.
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