ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these books did Wilde write?
A
Pride and Prejudice
B
The Raven
C
The picture of Florian Gray
D
The Canterville post
E
The importance of being earnest
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) by Oscar Wilde: Conformity and Resistance in Victorian Society.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Importance of Being Earnest, in full The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, play in three acts by Oscar Wilde, performed in 1895 and published in 1899.

Detailed explanation-4: -Earnest came at a time in Wilde’s life when he was feeling the pressure of supporting his family and mother, and precariously balancing homosexual affairs-especially with Lord Alfred Douglas. The Importance of Being Earnest opened at George Alexander’s St. James Theatre on February 14, 1895.

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