The Importance of Being EarnestA Trivial Comedy for Serious People
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
Oscar Wilde
ISBN: | 9781502889713 |
Publisher: | Createspace, United States |
Published: | 30 July, 2015 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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The Importance of Being EarnestA Trivial Comedy for Serious People
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
Oscar Wilde
"[...]proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact. Jack. I have no doubt about that, dear Algy. The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously constituted. Algernon. Oh! there is no use speculating on that subject. Divorces are made in Heaven-[Jack puts out his hand to take a sandwich. Algernon at once interferes.] Please don't touch the cucumber sandwiches. They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta. [Takes one and eats it.] Jack. Well, you have been eating them all the time. Algernon. That is quite a different matter. She is my aunt. [Takes plate from below.] Have some bread and butter. The bread and butter is for Gwendolen. Gwendolen is devoted to bread and butter. Jack. [Advancing to table and helping himself.] And very good bread and butter it is too. Algernon. Well, my dear fellow, you need not eat as if you were going to[...]".
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