Importance of Being Earnest

"The Importance of Being Earnest," considered to be one of Oscar Wilde best plays, is a comedic satire of Victorian England. It is the story of Jack Worthing who lives in the country with his ward Cecily Cardew. Jack invents a brother named Ernest so that he has an excuse to travel to London to woo a woman, Gwendolen Fairfax. At the same time Jack''s good friend, Algernon Moncrieff pretends to be Ernest so that he can woo Jack''s ward, Cecily. A comedy of confusion is the result in Oscar Wilde''s classic play.