The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Ernest at the height of his success and ever since it´s debut in 1895, it has been a literary and theatrical success. Its absurdity, ambiguity and social criticism, along with the brilliance of the witty conversation, has never ceased to delight and entertain.It tell the story of two men and two women and how, through a combination of lies and misunderstandings, there arises a great importance of having the name Ernest. But beneath it´s ironic humour lies great social criticism of Victorian society. The Importance of Being Ernest is generally acknowledged as Wilde´s most perfect comedy, his masterpiece.