The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde
Published 1898 · 110,000 words · about 7 hours at an average pace · Drama, Comedy of Manners, Satire, Victorian Literature
How hard is The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays to read?
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays scores 4.2 out of 10 for difficulty, making it moderately challenging.
- Vocabulary complexity: 3.5 out of 10
- Sentence structure: 3.2 out of 10
- Abstract concepts: 4.2 out of 10
- Information density: 3.8 out of 10
Literary standing
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays holds a literary regard score of 8.5 out of 10 on ReadingRate, reflecting its canonical status, critical acclaim, and influence.