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The Importance of Being Earnest (1895; first published, 1899) was the last of Wilde’s four stage comedies and is generally regarded as his masterpiece. It sparkles with that unique Wildean wit. Wilde’s aim in writing it was to treat the trivial things in life seriously and the serious things with triviality.
Richard Ellmann’s biography Oscar Wilde (1987) is indispensable for the study of Wilde’s life. Ellmann presents Wilde as the tragic hero of his own life.
Dorian: [An Imitation] (2004), by British novelist Will Self, is a retelling of...
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