The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
I have my last English test on Tuesday. I must write this test because I suck in English, especially grammar, vocabulary and spelling. Otherwise I am pretty good, when reading, with tyda.se and word. However this test is written in class and will determine my grade. Yippy!
So I practice by reading. One Agatha down, and now I have conquered 67 pages of Oscar Wilde as well. Anyhow Oscar Wilde is to be adored and therefore the book (or to be even more concrete: the play) was a pleasure to ready. Witty comments, an amusing story, a little bit over the top, very Cliché but at the same time Oscar. And what Oscar does is great, always and forever.
Algernon: I hope tomorrow will be a fine day, Lane.
Lane: It never is, sir.
Algernon: Lane, you're a perfect pessimist.
Lane: I do my best to give satisfaction, sir. (27)
Cecily: Did you really, Miss Prism? How wonderful clever you are! I hope it did not end happily? I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much. (29)
Cecily: Well, he said at dinner on Wednesday night, that you would have to choose between this world, the next world, and Australia.
Algernon: Oh, well! The accounts I have received of Australia and the next world are not particularly encountering. This world is good enough for me, cousin Cecily.
Cecily: Yes, but are you good enough for it? (32)
Jack: You are not to talk of Miss Cardew like that. I don't like it.
Algernon: Well, I don't like your clothes. (38)
Cecily: [...] I hope your hair curls naturally, does it?
Algernon: Yes, darling, with a little help from others. (42)
Gwendolen [with elaborate politeness]: Thank you. [Aside.] Detestable girl! But I require tea! (47)
Gwendolen: If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. (64)
Lady Bracknell: The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life. (66)
