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A nice collection of Oscar Wilde's plays. The Importance of being Earnest is so funny, I laughed out loud more than once, the concept of Bunburying absolutely brilliant.Lady Windermere's fan was probably my favourite, less funny but the characters have a bit more flesh. Some characters and dialogues of A woman of no importance reminded me a bit too much of The Picture of Dorian Gray and felt like a re-read at times, but I really enjoyed the plot⬇️

Just finished this #TBRread. 16pts #wintergames #merryreaders @Clwojick @StayCurious

📖 The Importance of Being Earnest, I, Robot
🖋I have no I authors that I have read, but I'm interested in reading John Irving!
🎬Inception, Independence Day
🍽 Ice Cream, duh!
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Oscar Wilde is a genius. 👍❤

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#QuotsyMay18 #orphan

Lady Bracknell has many great quotes in Oscar Wilde's play and I love the way Dame Judy Dench delivers them in the film version. This one about Jack's unfortunate family background and the fact he has lost both his parents, always makes me chuckle.🤣

Oscar Wilde, you are too much ❤ This is fun, witty, quick, laugh-out-loud material while still slashing out at Victorian society - thanks @SerialReader for being so great!

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This was a fun and quick (9 issues on Serial Reader) reread for me. Farcical satire and a good comedy of manners, I had forgotten some of the wonderful lines. It makes me want to see the movie again--although I pretty much did in my head reading the scenes.🤣👍📚

Happy birthday to Oscar Wilde, born 16 October 1854!
I always thought his portraits are a tad #moody. 🤔
#spookyoctober @Jess7

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
—Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

I made beads out of The Importance of Being Ernest and made a necklace. I'm thinking of a bracelet with the map beads. #GetCrafty #RiotGrams
@bookriot

#LGBTQpride and an unfortunate reminder that there are still people being jailed (and worse) in this world for the simple fact of who they are, as Wilde was years ago. We've come a long way, but we have so much farther to go.
#riotgrams

Two of my favourite satires. #day30 #satire #maybookflowers

I will explain my crazy mind to you if these pictures don't​ equal #bringmesunshine & #theimportanceofbeingearnest!

Basically:
Bring me Sunshine ➡️ Morecambe and Wise ➡️ Ernie Wise (aka Ernest Wiseman) ➡️ The Importance of Being Earnest

#melodicmay #day8

Watching the film adaptation with my #BritLit students, so we can analyze the effect of the differences on the message of the work. 👍🏼

one of my favorite plays -- Oscar Wilde's dialogue is absolutely hilarious.

#alltheworldsastage #feistyfeb

#feistyfeb #alltheworldsastage I haven't read many plays beyond the Shakespeare I read for school, but Wilde's plays are among my favorites. So many great quotes and such witty banter.

So good!! I love it when my school reads are good reads. 👍🏽

I'm laughing so hard 😂

"More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read."

Nothing is quite as good as Amazon delivering my books!! Time to put them on my shelf and not read them until I actually have time to do anything... #hereatlast #thatcollegelife

Happy 162nd birthday, Oscar!! #oscarwilde

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

There are so many quotes to choose from but this is one of my favorite Wilde quotes. Simple, to the point and so true! #somethingforsept #greatquotes

I am starting my third book on Serial Reader. So far I've enjoyed the books I've chosen. I am hoping this is as funny as the reviews say it is after just finishing the dark Ethan Frome.

Giving the Serial Reader app a go. So far so good!

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”.

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I've thought this play was humorous so far but this was the first time I laughed out loud.

Not the biggest fan. I'm very glad today's humor is not as it was in 1899... #readingforschool #earnestvsernest

Fantastic! Bitingly funny.

These are a few of the books that make me smile. Narnia for the childhood associations, The Importance of Being Earnest for its ability to make me laugh out loud, Guernsey... for its sweetness, Jamaica Inn for the romance and adventure, and Mort because Terry Pratchett was a comic genius #augustofpages #bookphotochallenge

It was hard to pick a book for #day7 of the #augustphotochallenge, but I'm ultimately really happy with my pick. Who better to represent #favbookishfriendships than Bumbryists Algy Moncrieff and Jack Worthing? (Especially when played respectively by Rupert Everett and Colin Firth in the 2002 film.)

I needed to "read a play" for the Book Riot #2016ReadHarderChallenge and I don't mind saying I was not that keen on the idea. I decided to delve back into audiobooks particularly for this play where I think it is so much fun to hear the witty bon mots delivered. Next, I might watch the film with Judy Dench as Lady Bracknell although in my mind she is played by Maggie Smith. My first Oscar Wilde and I would like to read more.

"To be born, or at any rate bred, in a handbag, whether it has handles or not, seems to me to display a contempt for the ordinary decencies of family life that reminds one of the worst excesses of the French Revolution."

Lol. As a woman, I agree. 😂
[Third book for #24in48 #readathon]

Absolutely hilarious. It's fast and easy to read, please read it. It's amazing. There's an argument about muffins, how could you not love this play.

Incredibly witty.

Lady Bracknell is a low key psychopath.

Algernon's speech about Ernest/Jack. HILARIOUS! the whole first scene is comedic gold. I'm so glad I found this. Thank you @SerialReader !

You'll be surprised by how funny this still is.

My comment on this scene really sums up the whole play!

A Wilde night ahead.