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Originally Posted by formulajay
Currently reading Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of being Earnest". It is probably my 5th or 6th read, but I enjoy it every time. It is one of my favorite plays of all time. It is also quite a treat to see it performed  |
you can never read
The Importance of Being Earnest too many times.
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Originally Posted by montsnmags
You know, though I've meant to, I've never read any Oscar Wilde. I keep going to, but his witty quotes sometimes come across so smug-faced to me that he gets put on the backburner again (I'm not saying he is "smug-faced" - it's just a visceral reaction).
...actually, come to think, I have read "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", but, while good, I suspect he's more accomplished as a playwright and novelist than a poet.
You have pushed him back up The List though. Thank-you.
Cheers,
Marc
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put it at the TOP of your list, seriously. you will roll on the floor laughing. *literally*. Wilde was a litterary silversmith. there's a reason we keep quoting him (occasional smug-facedness aside). you're doing yourself a disservice, not reading him.