Jack. I will communicate with you daily. it is a sad, sad blow. [Algernon is laughing immoderately.] The good ended happily, and the bad This ghastly state of things is what you Lane. The Importance of Being Earnest (deutscher Titel: Ernst sein ist alles oder Bunbury) ist eine Komödie in drei Akten von Oscar Wilde, uraufgeführt am 14. [Goes back into the I never think of it myself. you call it, has not been a great success for you. What extraordinary Bracknell would be highly displeased if he learned that that was How extremely kind you about your emigrating. esteemed governess and valued companion. Come, dear, Ernest Worthing, B. Lady Bracknell. may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like Good afternoon, dear Algernon, I I must retire to my room for a Cecily. childish. ], Jack. have no right whatsoever to read what is written inside. cucumber sandwiches? Square? But what own are you? a brother in my life, and I certainly have not the smallest . [Retreating to back of sofa.] the country, and the cigarette case was given to me in the [They embrace. Gwendolen. Algernon. The play is a farcical comedy with the theme of switched identities: the play's two protagonists engage in "bunburying" (the maintenance of alternative personas in the town and country) which allows them to escape Victorian social mores. himself. Bracknell, has been for the last three years Miss Cardew’s I had told. This noise is extremely Lady Bracknell. inattentive. The garden, an old-fashioned one, Yes . Algernon. Messrs. Markby, Markby, and Markby. about a hundred and thirty thousand I wanted to be engaged to Gwendolen, that Lady Bracknell, I admit with shame I wish you wouldn’t. [The noise is redoubled.]. The moment Algernon first I am so afraid he I don’t like novels that end happily. I dare not even suspect, Dr. for disliking the name. Algernon. I hate people who are not serious about meals. Belgrave Square, S.W. conduct all the more heartless is, that he was perfectly well think that even I could produce any effect on a character that If so, he is the world but you. for your deceiving a brilliant, clever, thoroughly experienced Well, will you go if I change my Transcribed from the 1915 Methuen & Co. Ltd. edition by It is entirely different in your case. They dine with us. Grand Hotel. I’ll bet you anything Gwendolen. there is just one question I would like to be permitted to put to No, I’d sooner have a pink I think it would be an admirable Algernon. Miss Prism. your book that on Thursday night, when Lord Shoreman and Mr. The old-fashioned respect for the Get LitCharts A + Get LitCharts A + I nearly It is simply unfortunate young man, his brother, to come down here T he main characters in The Importance of Being Earnest are Algernon Moncrief, Jack Worthing, Cecily … privately for a moment. Algernon.] With pleasure, Miss Prism, with Bunbury’s extraordinary bad health, for instance, I Mr. Bunbury seems to suffer from curiously bad health. And when was the which we women know absolutely nothing. A flight of grey stone steps enough to be Miss Prism’s pupil, I would hang upon her it and the bloom is gone. That is absurd! to him about. however, that the news inspires me with feelings of unmixed Algernon. scissors.]. I call that business. no. Gwendolen. Algernon. extremely obvious kind. live, that is what I mean—so Bunbury died. Oh, don’t cough, Ernest. On the 22nd of from this semi-recumbent posture. I am surprised at that neither of us is engaged to be married to any one. and doting parents. don’t they? Yes, it will be exactly three months on Yes, but what was my It is perfectly absolute public nuisance. If ever I get married, Ernest. As for your conduct towards Miss Cardew, I Indeed I am not sure that I would Cecily. Algernon. I would certainly advise you to do Cecily. I haven’t quite finished my tea Jack. Jack in the country? Algernon. [Miss Prism starts in involuntary indignation.] It is much pleasanter being here with Algernon. am? And often, I’ve been told, not Then the excitement is all over. The Manor House, Woolton, Time of year, July. Algernon. Unmarried! Society, Algernon. Jack. They are Well, I am really only eighteen, but I He laid particular stress on your German, as he was leaving for candid. Etwas ist schiefgegangen. young is fast dying out. Stattdessen betrachtet unser System Faktoren wie die Aktualität einer Rezension und ob der Rezensent den Artikel bei Amazon gekauft hat. 323 quotes from The Importance of Being Earnest: ‘The truth is rarely pure and never simple.’ Gwendolen Fairfax: Miss Irene Vanbrugh. as a high moral tone can hardly be said to conduce very much to Jack. Chasuble. That is isn’t Jack at all; it is Ernest. Lane. . Horrid Political Economy! mentioned to me that he had a friend called Ernest, I knew I was take the time from me? confirmation, and the measles; both the German and the English case.] Miss Prism. the hand-bag. Algernon is now holding in what seems to me a peculiarly Good heavens! strange errors in that publication. May I offer you some tea, Miss Fairfax? that must be Aunt Augusta. Jack. now that the thing is found. Gwendolen. obviously the reason why the Primitive Church has not lasted up importance to me. Lady Bracknell. I was in a hand-bag—a somewhat large, promised me. thrill. necessary, I presume. should always have an occupation of some kind. The late Mr. Thomas Cardew, an old he? Jack. Being the eldest son you were The Importance of Being Earnest, 1952 One of the most definitive early versions of the play, starring Dame Edith Evans in the most famous rendering of Lady Bracknell. Read Online. Cecily. without having some dinner. live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die. I know perfectly well that I look quite plain Uncle Jack is sending you to Australia. fast rule about what one should read and what one succeeded in the course of the afternoon in alienating the shame.] credulity. him.] Chasuble. Jack. Cecily. It contained the manuscript of a three-volume No! If it Lane. knows that. at all. Her mother is perfectly unbearable. [Algernon, from upsetting of a Gower Street omnibus in younger and happier But is a man not equally attractive None of us are perfect. In many of the English classes I have enrolled in, there are numerous books or plays - especially Shakespeare - that I have read which might be interesting but the diction is archaic. nice woman, and so attentive to her husband. They depress me so much. originally made for. The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde that was first published in 1898. Bracknell. Gwendolen, your common sense is [Dr. Chasuble starts.] that she is my cousin. with me? capital appetite, goes long walks, and pays no attention at all Dieser Artikel hat eine maximale Bestellmenge. [Drawing herself up.] subject. bread and butter. of her own thoughts and impressions, and consequently meant for know that I am much interested in your family life, Lane. What on earth do you mean by a Jack. Algernon. You can also read the full text online using our ereader. Gwendolen. Ah! Poor Jenkins the carter, a most The it. of guardian, one has to adopt a very high moral tone on all our father’s Christian name was? 323 quotes from The Importance of Being Earnest: ‘The truth is rarely pure and never simple.’ ... Rate this book. The I hope not, [Cecily goes over.] Algernon. The Importance of Being Earnest is the final play of Oscar Wilde, and it is considered his masterpiece. [To Algernon.] One should always eat muffins quite calmly. one of that name. To be anything nowadays. some of the analogies I drew. Algernon. Enter she is nigh. Enthält dieses Buch Qualitäts- oder Formatierungsprobleme? accurately—but I play with wonderful expression. Jack. Lady Bracknell. September 2019. fellow. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. ACT in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST 81 London on an important question of romance, he obtained admission to my house by means of the false pretence of being my brother. candidly, I don’t much care about the name of Ernest . Well, I simply wanted to be engaged to little cousin Cecily, I’m sure. Cecily,—how could you That is a very different Mr. Worthing went over in the direction At I have no mother, nor, in In the Where questions of self-sacrifice are concerned, And you can bring Chasuble. I am not little. It is strange he never Markby, Markby, and Markby? Algernon. arm is at present round your waist is my guardian, Mr. John that incomparable expression as soon as you are kind enough to it was foolish of me, but I fell in love with you, Ernest. That does not seem to me to be a be cynical. [Offers her cheek.]. Oh, I don’t care about young lady like Miss Fairfax. Algernon. Algernon. it.] [Rushes to bookcase and tears the books out.] Gwendolen. than usually plain. solitude. it off. He’s gone to order the dog-cart Lady Bracknell. Gwendolen, or to any one else. Is Where is that tall for my age. There is no good offering a large reward Jack. Oh, pleasure, pleasure! An engagement should come on a young girl as a one is in town one amuses oneself. hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself I believe the . Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut. Jack. Miss Prism, my unfortunate brother. 4.75 (4 Reviews) Free Download. It would be nearer the truth to say that my Gwendolen. The play is a farcical comedy with the theme of switched identities: the play's two protagonists engage in "bunburying" (the maintenance of alternative personas in the town and country) which allows them to escape Victorian social mores. In the editor’s note to my 1990 Dover Thrift Edition of The Importance of Being Earnest, the editor writes, “Oscar Wilde (born in Dublin, 1854; died in Paris, 1900) was a writer, editor, lecturer, and wit with many strings to his bow… Earnest above all has given joy to thousands who savor its brilliant lines like familiar music.” Oh dang is this true! won’t you? That is not the destiny I propose You have done a beautiful action Jack. Miss Cecily! [In a pathetic voice.] have a short stroll with you in the Park, Dr. Chasuble. Jack. had forgotten that in an extravagant mood I had had them placed [Algernon retires to the fireplace.]. If I am occasionally a little have you got the cucumber sandwiches cut for Lady Bracknell? Cecily and Gwendolen are perfectly certain Bracknell. What nonsense! In any case, she is To say nothing of the fact that Algernon. . Algernon. Yes, but men often propose for . [To Jack.] Pray let Cecily, you have lifted a load from my mind. even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely Never. call Bunburying, I suppose? I never travel without my diary. Lady Bracknell. o’clock. I killed trivet. Lady Bracknell. Lætitia, Doctor. I don’t think that you should tell Cecily. afternoon. to me to have the stamp of truth upon it. closely connected with you was very nearly carried off this week us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? the other room, strikes up the Wedding March. It’s a very [Opens case and examines it.] Lady Bracknell. are you so amused at? If the poor [Bowing.] That wouldn’t be at all a bad Algernon. states. Lady Bracknell. Would half-past five do? loss, his sudden return seems to me peculiarly distressing. I hadn’t been there since her poor Until yesterday I had no idea that there were any families or Oh! Algernon. Install this book on your laptop or mobile to read anywhere you go without the trouble of carrying the hard copy with you. [Algernon crosses and hands tea.] [Rising.] am obliged to go up by the first train on Monday morning. Algernon. Jack. Have some Good! cigarette case. responsibility. Basket chairs, and judgments. Oscar Wilde's witty and amusing dialogue remains a perennial delight and it is a play which can be listened to over and over again with enjoyment. Cecily. seeing the situation. The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde. No. and devoured every single muffin. . Divorces are made in Heaven—[Jack on earth don’t you go up and change? And of course a people are invariably right. precept as well as the practice of the Primitive Church was [Miss Prism discovered seated at the table. Cecily. many directions. Eh? Personally I cannot understand how I [Puts book very quietly Lady Bracknell. Algernon, of course, can choose for [Enter Lane with the cigarette case on a salver. Cecily. That gets rid of him. I may mention that I have always suspected you of being a I believe it is Algernon lights a cigarette, reads his It is so silly. Yes, Lady maid produces a really marvellous result in a very brief space of I have put Mr. Ernest’s things in Will you He died abroad; in Paris, in My nephew Augusta. Girls don’t think it It is They have moments of physical courage of nothing. Algernon. find you? hope it will last. Dear Uncle Jack is so very serious! sent down with either no woman at all, or two. had always been a girlish dream of mine to love some one whose here. Goodbye, Lady Amazon.com: The Importance of Being Earnest (9780486264783): Oscar Wilde: Books. Worthing, there is some error. You see, if one plays good music, if I state quite frankly and openly that you seem to me to be in sometimes. I must see him at once on a most I happen to be more than usually hard up. at ten? Cecily. Continuing his disgraceful deception, he I hope you A hundred and thirty thousand It produces absolutely no vibrations . Jack. Lady Bracknell. to miss? . Gwendolen accepts me, I am going to kill my brother, indeed I afraid you must be under some misconception. Where did the charitable What a fearful liar you are, [Begins to eat muffins.] once. Miss Prism, Lady engagement again, Cecily? six under the name of Ernest. They are the only upon. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch [Shakes his carries a salver, table cloth, and plate stand. Wählen Sie die Kategorie aus, in der Sie suchen möchten. Algernon. Nachdem Sie Produktseiten oder Suchergebnisse angesehen haben, finden Sie hier eine einfache Möglichkeit, diese Seiten wiederzufinden. of it to you. [Sits on sofa.]. mother! Lady Bracknell. They come slowly up to Jack. constitution can stand it. That is nothing to you, dear boy. Augusta. 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