Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 2: The Importance of Being Earnest Playscript

Word count 6,347 Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.This famous play is one of the finest English comedies. Algernon knows that his friend Jack does not always tell the truth. For example, in town his name is Ernest, while in the country he calls himself Jack. And who is the girl who gives him presents ''from little Cecily, with all her love''? But when the beautiful Gwendolen says that she can only love a man called Ernest, Jack decides to change his name. Then Cecily agrees to marry Algernon, but only if his name is Ernest, too, and things become difficult for the two young men.

• | Author: Oscar Wilde, Susan Kingsley
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 13, 2007
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780194235181
• | ISBN-10: 0194235181