ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: OSCAR WILDE'S THE IMORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST.

This theatre play is a masterpiece, a farcical comedy which, on the one hand, shows Wilde's great dexterity as a writer and his enormous wit. To know his personality a bit more, why don't you read some of his most famous quotes? It was turned into a movie several times, the last one was in 2002. Here's the trailer of this perfect film to spend a wonderful autumn evening.

If you want more information about this Irish playwright or this play, you'll find it on the Victorian Web.