Penguin Student Editions have being specifically designed for readers who are studying a text in detail. They include a helpful introduction and explanatory notes, character sketches, a text summary, a selection of questions and topics for discussion and analysis, as well as suggestions for further reading. Oscar Wilde's most famous and wittiest play tells the story of two wealthy bachelors, Jack and Algernon. Jack ? who has no family, wishes to marry Jack's ward Cecily. He pretends to be Jack's brother Ernest. Luckily ? before too long, the truth about Jack's parentage is discovered.
