Henry V vs The Importance of Being Earnest: Which Should You Read?

Henry V William Shakespeare · 1600 ★★★★☆ 3.8 162 pages · ≈ 3 h 00 m · Challenging

“Shakespeare wrote the draft of Henry V that became the First Folio text in the early summer of 1599.”

Introducing this edition, Gary Taylor shows how Shakespeare shaped his historical material, examines controversial critical interpretations, discusses the play's fluctuating fortunes in performance, and analyses the…

The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde · 1893 ★★★★☆ 4.2 94 pages · ≈ 1 h 44 m · Moderate

Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirises…