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A review by crazygoangirl
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
What a delightfully charming start to my reading year! I have been meaning to explore Oscar Wilde’s writing for a while now and I’m very happy to have begun 2025 with this hilarious tale of dual and mistaken identities, eccentric characters and some of the wittiest lines of dialogue I’ve ever read!
Wilde provides an incisive social commentary on the times in which the tale is set - at the turn of the 19th century. His sarcasm and irony are delicious and had me chuckling and often laughing out loud! Algernon is my favourite and I dare say he was Wilde’s since he gave him some the best lines, like those below 😃
Wilde provides an incisive social commentary on the times in which the tale is set - at the turn of the 19th century. His sarcasm and irony are delicious and had me chuckling and often laughing out loud! Algernon is my favourite and I dare say he was Wilde’s since he gave him some the best lines, like those below 😃
It’s awfully hard work doing nothing.
All women become their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
I know there are several movie versions of the play and I want to watch the one starring two of my favourite actors, Colin Firth and Judy Dench. All in all a satisfyingly amusing read 😀 I read this on Project Gutenberg while listening to the audiobook on Storytel. The only reason it’s not a full 5-stars is because I didn’t like the narrator. The voice he used for Algy was particularly irritating!
This one also made me think of “what’s in a name? Arose by any other name…’, but maybe not 😉
* Read for the first prompt in The 52 Books Book Club Reading Challenge - A book with a Pun in the Title.
This one also made me think of “what’s in a name? Arose by any other name…’, but maybe not 😉
* Read for the first prompt in The 52 Books Book Club Reading Challenge - A book with a Pun in the Title.