Colophon
The Importance of Being Earnest
was published in 1895 by
Oscar Wilde.
This ebook was produced for
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by
Alex Cabal,
and is based on a transcription produced in 2006 by
David Price
for
Project Gutenberg
and on digital scans from the
Internet Archive.
The cover page is adapted from
Aubrey Beardsley,
a painting completed in 1895 by
Jacques-Émile Blanche.
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League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy
typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by
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September 7, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
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