About This Book
Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” Wilde’s play is a brilliantly satirical comedy of manners, sending up the absurdity of Victorian social mores and cleverly critiquing the conventions of love and marriage. The tale of two gentlemen who adopt fictitious identities in order to woo the o...
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Reading Time Estimates
4h 35m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 18m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 21m
fast reader
350 WPM
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Reading time
3 h 18 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
3 h 40 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
5 h 30 min
Audio 2x
2 h 45 min
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