Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain, and died in poverty.
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel by Oscar Wilde that was first published in 1890. It is the story of a young, handsome man named Dorian Gray who becomes corrupted by his own vanity and the influence of a hedonistic friend, Lord Henry Wotton. Dorian makes a Faustian bargain to keep his youth and beauty forever, while a portrait of him ages in his place. The novel explores themes of morality, decadence, and the corrupting influence of beauty and wealth. It is notable for its depiction of homosexuality, which was considered scandalous at the time of its publication. The novel has been adapted into numerous film and stage productions, and is considered a classic of English literature.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the high school curriculum for decades.
Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekend the "rivals" to fight for Ernest's undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their beloveds pandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader appreciate Wilde's wry wit and elaborate plot twists.
The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde
This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance of its tired ghost. The family -- which refuses to believe in him -- is in Wilde's way a commentary on the British nobility of the day -- and on the Americans, too. The tale, like many of Wilde's, is rich with allusion, but ends as sentimental romance...
The Complete Fairy Tales
Oscar Wilde
The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde includes the two definitive story collections The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891). This volume collects exquisite and poignant tales of true beauty, selfless love, generosity, loyalty, brilliant wit, and moral aestheticism, such as "The Birthday of the Infanta," "The Selfish Giant," The Nightingale and the Rose," and "The Happy Prince," among others.
A true classic of wonder for all ages.
De Profundis
Oscar Wilde
De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a 50,000 word letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas, his lover. Wilde wrote the letter between January and March 1897; he was not allowed to send it, but took it with him upon release. In it he repudiates Lord Alfred for what Wilde finally sees as his arrogance and vanity; he had not forgotten Douglas's remark, when he was ill, "When you are not on your pedestal you are not interesting." He also felt redemption and fulfillment in his ordeal, realizing that his hardship had filled the soul with the fruit of experience, however bitter it tasted at the time.
Salomé
Oscar Wilde
Written originally in French in 1892, Wilde's one-act tragedy Salomé was translated into English by Lord Alfred Douglas, inspired some of Aubrey Beardsley's finest illustrations (long available in a Dover edition), and served as the text (in abridged form) for Strauss' renowned opera of the same name. The play's haunting poetic imagery, biblical cadences, and febrile atmosphere have earned it a reputation as a masterpiece of the Aesthetic movement of fin de siècle England. The present volume reprints the complete text of the first English edition (1894), including „A Note on Salomé” by Robert Ross. It will be welcomed by students and lovers of literature and drama, and any admirer of the incomparable Oscar Wilde.
Languages: French, English
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
Oscar Wilde
'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself'Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Oscar Wilde
A pleasure seeking prince, a selfish giant, and Wilde's fairy tales, first published in 1888, for childlike people from eighteen to eighty."
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
Oscar Wilde
Combining epigrammatic brilliance and shrewd social observation, the works collected in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays are edited with an introduction, commentaries and notes by Richard Allen Cave in Penguin Classics.
'To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness'
The Importance of Being Earnest is a glorious comedy of mistaken identity, which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette. Manners and morality are also victims of Wilde's sharp wit in Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband, in which snobbery and hypocrisy are laid bare. In Salomé and A Florentine Tragedy, Wilde makes powerful use of historical settings to explore the complex relationship between sex and power. The range of these plays displays Wilde's delight in artifice, masks and disguises, and reveals the pretentions of the social world in which he himself played such a dazzling and precarious part.
Richard Allen Cave's introduction and notes discuss the themes of the plays and Wilde's innovative methods of staging. This edition includes the excised 'Gribsby' scene from The Importance of Being Earnest.
Lady Windermere's Fan
Oscar Wilde
Beautiful, aristocratic, an adored wife and young mother, Lady Windermere is 'a fascinating puritan' whose severe moral code leads her to the brink of social suicide. The only one who can save her is the mysterious Mrs Erlynne whose scandalous relationship with Lord Windermere has prompted her fatal impulse. And Mrs Erlynne has a secret - a secret Lady windermere must never know if she is to retain her peace of mind.
An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde
"An Ideal Husband is an 1895 stage play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in the present, and takes place over the course of twenty four hours.
Sooner or later, Wilde notes, we shall all have to pay for what we do. But he adds that, No one should be entirely judged by their past.Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest, it is his most popularly produced play"
The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories
Oscar Wilde
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780486419251
Renowned for his poetry, plays, essays, and conversational skills, Oscar Wilde also wrote scintillating works of short fiction. This volume includes four fine examples, including The Canterville Ghost, the comical tale of a spirit who terrorized the residents of Canterville Chase for three centuries. When the manor is acquired by a no-nonsense American family with no use for the supernatural, hilarity ensues.
Three other stories feature "The Sphinx Without a Secret," a tale of an enigmatic woman who carries a mystery's key to her grave; "The Model Millionaire," recounting the exploits of a "delightful, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession"; and "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime," in which an aristocrat learns that he is destined to commit murder. Rounding out the volume are Wilde's lyrical Poems in Prose: "The Artist," "The Doer of Good," "The Disciple," "The Master," "The House of Judgment," and "The Teacher of Wisdom."
The Selfish Giant
Oscar Wilde
This magnificent new edition of Oscar Wilde's beloved tale tells the story of the selfish giant who built a wall around his beautiful garden to keep children out. It was always winter in the garden, for no other season would venture there. Then one morning, a special child brought Spring back, and the giant's heart melted along with the snow.
The Nightingale and the Rose
Oscar Wilde
An allegorical fable of love, sacrifice and selfishness. As with all of Wilde's short stories it embodies strong moral values and is told with an effervescence akin to that of the 1001 nights.
It is the tale of a lovestruck student who must provide his lover with a red rose in order to win her heart. A nightingale overhearing his lament from a solitary oak tree is filled with sorrow and admiration all at once, and decides to help the poor young man.
She journeys through the night seeking the perfect red rose and finally comes across a rambling rose bush but alas, the bush has no roses to offer her. However, there is a way to MAKE a red rose, but with grave consequences.
This story can be found freely on many websites:
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/NigRos.shtml
http://www.literaturepage.com/read/the-happy-prince-11.html
http://www.oscarwildecollection.com/
A Woman of No Importance
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
In print since 1948, this is a single-volume collection of Oscar Wilde's texts. It contains his only novel, The Portrait of Dorian Gray as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters. Illustrated with many photographs, the book includes introductions to each section by Wilde's grandon, Merlin Holoand, Owen Dudley Edwards, Declan Kibertd and Terence Brown. A comprehensive bibliography of works by and about Oscar Wilde together with a chronological table of his life and work are also included.
The Happy Prince
Oscar Wilde
When he was alive, the Happy Prince lived in the Palace of Sans Souci, where sorrow was not allowed to enter, and where he knew only pleasure.
Now, a gilded statute set atop a high column, he can see all the wretchedness of the poor, the sick and the lonely who inhabit the great city where he stands.
A swallow, hurrying to reach the warmth of Egypt before winter sets in, stops to rest between the feet of the Happy Prince. He is moved by the prince's description of the helplessness and hopelessness he sees all around him, and agrees to stay with the prince and to assist him in bringing comfort to those in need.
This story of sacrifice and redemption is a parable for our time, as it was for that time more than a hundred years ago when Oscar Wilde first published this moving tale.
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish writer of great wit and talent who was born Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde in 1854. He wrote a number of tales for children, but is perhaps best known for his 'Dorian Gray' (1890), 'Lady Windermere's Fan' (1892), 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (1895) and 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' (1896). Wilde died in Paris in 1900.
The Star-Child (Little Clothbound Classics)
Oscar Wilde
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.With warmth, tenderness and quiet wit, Oscar Wilde's fables and fairy tales have moved and delighted for generations. In far-off kingdoms and ocean realms, in the company of giants and nightingales, Wilde speaks of heartbreak and redemption, of cruelty and compassion, of love lost, of love gained, of love lasting. Included in this selection are stories from The Happy Prince and A House of Pomegranates .
Saloma
Oscar Wilde
Written originally in French in 1892, Wilde's one-act tragedy Salomé was translated into English by Lord Alfred Douglas, inspired some of Aubrey Beardsley's finest illustrations (long available in a Dover edition), and served as the text (in abridged form) for Strauss' renowned opera of the same name. The play's haunting poetic imagery, biblical cadences, and febrile atmosphere have earned it a reputation as a masterpiece of the Aesthetic movement of fin de siècle England. The present volume reprints the complete text of the first English edition (1894), including „A Note on Salomé” by Robert Ross. It will be welcomed by students and lovers of literature and drama, and any admirer of the incomparable Oscar Wilde.
Languages: French, English
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty.
In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind.
The remarkable rocket
Oscar Wilde
Charlottesville 1974. 8vo., 21pp., illustrations by Henry E. Coleman, wraps. Printed and bound with handmade papers. Near Fine, light uneven fading of cover.
The Devoted Friend (English and Persian Edition)
Oscar Wilde
A selfish miller proves to be the downfall of his devoted friend and gardener, Hans, even as he benefits from the fruits of Hans’s labour.
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel by Oscar Wilde that was first published in 1890. It is the story of a young, handsome man named Dorian Gray who becomes corrupted by his own vanity and the influence of a hedonistic friend, Lord Henry Wotton. Dorian makes a Faustian bargain to keep his youth and beauty forever, while a portrait of him ages in his place. The novel explores themes of morality, decadence, and the corrupting influence of beauty and wealth. It is notable for its depiction of homosexuality, which was considered scandalous at the time of its publication. The novel has been adapted into numerous film and stage productions, and is considered a classic of English literature.
Веер леди Уиндермир
Oscar Wilde
The Poetry of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
This collection of Oscar Wilde's greatest poems, including The Ballad of Reading Gaol and The Burden of Itys, is at times touching, optimistic, heart-breaking and thought-provoking. Wilde draws upon his own experiences as well as themes such as mythology and individuality to add colour to his poems. Oscar Wilde's satirical, witty and observant voice made his poems indispensable during the Aesthetic period, and they continue to captivate readers to this day. He was and still is a celebrated playwright, poet and novelist. Product Information: ISBN: 9781788885140 Author: Oscar Wilde Publisher: Arcturus Format: Paperback Pages: 237 Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1.5cm
Сфинкс без загадки (Russian Edition)
Oscar Wilde
«Сфинкс без загадки» - произведение ирландского философа, эстета, писателя и поэта О. Уайльда (1854 – 1900). *** Новелла написана в 1891 году. В английской литературе конца XIX века имя Уайльда связано с движением эстетизма. Для него эстетизм стал бунтом против викторианской морали с ее подменой плохого хорошим и наоборот. Эстетская проза была призвана оскорбить общепринятые вкусы и условности, в этом выражался своеобразный протест против засилья практичности и абсолютизации здравого смысла. Корней Чуковский так отозвался о новелле: «Творите из жизни легенду, как в рассказе Уайльда лэди Алрой, этот «Сфинкс без загадки». Она была такая скучная, ничем не выдающаяся, и вот создала с&
The Model Millionaire stories
Oscar Wilde
First published in The World in June 1887. Hughie Erskine is in love and wants to marry, but the girl's father will not allow it, since Erskine has no money. Erskine's friend, Alan Trevor is a painter, and he visits him at his studio one day to find him with a pitiable beggar—the model for his painting. Erskine only has one coin, which he depends on for transportation, but he decides he can walk for a couple weeks and gives the beggar the coin.
The beggar is in reality an immensely wealthy baron, having a portrait of himself as a beggar done for fun. He is so impressed by Erskine's generosity that he gives him £10,000, enough for the girl's father to consent to his proposal.
The Canterville Ghost The Happy Prince: And Other Stories
Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play about a Good Woman
Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, published in 1893. As in some of his other comedies, Wilde satirizes the morals of Victorian society, and attitudes between the sexes. The action centres around a fan given to Lady Windermere as a present by her husband, and the ball held that evening to celebrate her 21st birthday.
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Stories
Oscar Wilde
Blond-haired, blue-eyed Dorian Gray is a guileless young man, who arrives one day at the studio of painter Basil Hallward. There he meets the world-wise Lord Henry Wotton, whose hedonistic and cynical view of life is dramatically different from that of the more earnest Hallward. The two men spar in a witty war of words, and Dorian feels inexorably drawn to Wotton's philosophy of youthful pleasure and amorality. As Hallward completes his portrait, Dorian wishes that he could always remain youthful-and that the painting could bear the burdens of the advancing years.
Wilde's tale takes the reader into a world in which such things are possible. We meet the unaging Dorian Gray at his leisure, taking advantage of his ability to charm all those around him, and taking his pleasures without heed of the consequences. But one day, after a rash act of cruelty to the woman who loves him, Dorian notices that something in his portrait has changed--a cruel smile has twisted its once-perfect lips.
Adding touches of the gothic and the supernatural to his satiric depiction of upper-class British life, Wilde creates a classic modern myth: the handsome young aristocrat, who remains beautiful while his portrait, the mirror of his soul, withers.
Also included in this volume are "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime," "The Canterville Ghost," "The Sphinx Without a Secret," and "The Model Millionaire," which together comprise the most important of Wilde's short fiction.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Oscar Wilde
'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...'
Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high society.
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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Wilde's works available in Penguin Classics are De Profundis and Other Prison Writings, The Complete Short Fiction, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays, The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde
This dramatically illustrated collector's edition marks the centenary of Oscar Wilde's release from prison in 1898 and the publication of his anguished poetic masterpiece. One hundred years after his release from Reading Gaol, the life and work of Oscar Wilde has lost none of its fascination. In his day, his wit and writings enchanted and scandalized society in equal measure; his downfall came at the height of his powers. Devastated by his notorious trial for indecency, imprisoned for ``homosexual offenses,'' he was to spend two ruinous years in solitary confinement. As he was later to tell Andre Gide, Reading Gaol ``was not fit for dogs. I thought I would go mad.'' The Ballad was written from personal experience, and there was to be no more writing after this. As Wilde observed: ``Something is killed in me.'' Bankrupt, disgraced, and in exile, Wilde was to die not long after his release at the age of 46. His final resting place is the cemetery of Pere Lachaise in Paris. His tomb bears an inscription from The Ballad of Reading Gaol: ``And alien tears will fill for him/Pity's long broken urn/For his mourners will be outcast men/And outcasts always mourn.'' This commemorative edition of the poem is illustrated with the powerfully moving wood engravings of Garrick Palmer. 48 pp 5 x 8 8 wood engravings
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Works
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde was one of the most distinguished men of British letters in the nineteenth century. An accomplished and versatile writer of fiction, drama, poetry, essays, and criticism, he was known for his bitting wit and fearless challenges to the aesthetic and literary conventions of his day. "The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Works" collects Wilde's complete fiction and plays, including "The Picture of Dorian Gray," a novel condemned in its day as scandalous and immoral but recognized today as a landmark work of Victorian fiction. This volume also includes the full contents of Wilde's three short-fiction collections, "Lord Arthur Saviles Crime and Other Stories, The Happy Prince and Other Tales "and "A House of Pomegranates," and all nine of Wilde's plays, including "The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, " and "A Woman of No Importance."
The Soul of Man Under Socialism
Oscar Wilde
In The Soul of Man under Socialism Oscar Wilde expounds on an anarchist world view. Wilde argues that under capitalism the majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altruism-are forced, indeed, so to spoil them: instead of realizing their true talents, they waste their time solving the social problems caused by capitalism, without taking their common cause away. Thus, caring people seriously and very sentimentally set themselves to the task of remedying the evils that they see in poverty, but their remedies do not cure the disease: they merely prolong it because, the proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible.
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Le peintre Basil Hallward vient d'achever son meilleur tableau. Invité à se contempler, Dorian Gray, son modèle, fait alors un voeu insensé : que le portrait vieillisse à sa place et que lui conserve éternellement sa jeunesse et sa beauté. Quels ne sont pas sa stupeur et son effroi quand son voeu se réalise ! Le tableau devient alors le miroir de son âme...
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings
Oscar Wilde
Flamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage. Here in one volume are his immensely popular novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray; his last literary work, “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” a product of his own prison experience; and four complete plays: Lady Windermere’s Fan, his first dramatic success, An Ideal Husband, which pokes fun at conventional morality, The Importance of Being Earnest, his finest comedy, and Salomé, a portrait of uncontrollable love originally written in French and faithfully translated by Richard Ellmann.Every selection appears in its entirety–a marvelous collection of outstanding works by the incomparable Oscar Wilde, who’s been aptly called “a lord of language” by Max Beerbohm.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
Oscar Wilde
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories that were written by Oscar Wilde and published in 1891. It includes Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Canterville Ghost, The Sphinx Without a Secret and The Model Millionaire.
Written between 1887 and 1891, at the height of his creative powers, these stories confirm Oscar Wilde’s reputation as a master storyteller in their sense of fun, quick intelligence and witty dissection of Victorian society. They also reveal his compassion for the poor and downtrodden who were so readily ignored by that age.
The Plays of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere's Fan. The combination of dazzling wit, subtle social criticism, sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner, both here and in his next three plays, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and his undisputed masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. This volume includes all Wilde's plays from his early tragedy Vera to the controversial Salome and the little known fragments, La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy. The edition affords a rare chance to see Wilde's best known work in the context of his entire dramatic output, and to appreciate plays which have hitherto received scant critical attention.
Complete Short Fiction
Oscar Wilde
The complete short stories of the masterful Irish writer
Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners—the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" and "The Canterville Ghost," and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in "The Model Millionaire," while "The Happy Prince" and "The Nightingale and the Rose" are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.
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The Sphinx
Oscar Wilde
Originally Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894.
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Illustrated Edition (Illustrated Classic Editions)
Oscar Wilde
When handsome young Dorian Gray sees a painter’s stunning portrait of him, he is transfixed by its reflection of his own beauty. He is also troubled by the knowledge that the image in the painting will remain forever youthful and handsome while he himself will grow older and less desirable. He wishes aloud that the roles were reversed, saying that he would give his soul if only the painting would suffer the ravages of time and he were to remain forever young. From that point on, Dorian lives a life of hedonistic indulgence, knowing that only the painting will show his moral corruption.
Complete Poetry
Oscar Wilde
This volume of Wilde's poetry follows as closely as possible the chronological order of composition, highlighting autobiographical elements including the young Wilde's conflicting attitudes to Greece and Rome, pagan and Christian, and his fluctuating attraction to Roman Catholicism. The Appendix shows Wilde's original ordering, constructed with great care around a "musical" arrangement of themes. The poems reveal unexpected aspects of a literary chameleon usually identified with sparkling wit and social comedy. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Picture of Dorian Gray:Illustrated Edition
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it first appeared in 1890. Wilde was attacked for his decadence and corrupting influence, and a few years later the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde's homosexual liaisons, trials that resulted in his imprisonment. Of the book's value as autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, "Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be--in other ages, perhaps."
Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Für den Maler Basil Hallward verkörpert Dorian Gray die unvergleichliche Muse, die ihm als Künstler zu voller Blüte verhilft und ihm Genialität einflößt. Lord Henry erscheint dieser anmutige Jüngling wie ein hohles Gefäß von vollendeter Form, das darauf wartet, geöffnet und von Leben erfüllt zu werden. Basil betet Dorian als den Inbegriff von Aufrichtigkeit, Tugend und vollendeter Schönheit an. Für Lord Henry ist er hauptsächlich ein sehr interessantes Experiment. Von der Ausstrahlung seines jungen Freundes geblendet und ihm völlig ergeben, überschüttet Basil ihn mit einer Flut an Komplimenten. Scharfzüngig, mit herrlich extremen Aussagen und provozierenden Thesen, versetzt Lord Henry den noch schlummernden Geist Dorians mit seinen paradoxen Philosophien in Aufruhr. Basil, von Dorians scharlachroten Lippen, den goldenen Haarwellen und den weiten blauen Augen betört, versucht, seine einzigartige Schönheit in einem großen Kunstwerk zu verewigen. Lord Henry, von seiner Unwissenheit und Formbarkeit angetan, verhilft ihm mit messerscharfem Geist und hypnotischer Redegewandtheit zu einer zweifelhaften Bewußtheit. Dorian Gray erschauert, als er sich auf dem fertiggestellten Gemälde erblickt, und in seinem Entzücken über sich selbst richtet er einen wahnwitzigen und folgenschweren Wunsch an das Universum: Möge er in Wirklichkeit immer so jung und schön bleiben wie auf diesem Porträt. Stattdessen solle das Bild für ihn altern. Sein Gebet wird auf mystische Weise erhört. Dorian, vergiftet durch den schlechten Einfluß von Lord Henry und eines Romans, den dieser ihm zu lesen gibt, gerät immer mehr zum Opfer seiner innersten Abgründe. Nach außen hin bleibt er makellos, doch sein Porträt, das er voller Furcht vor Entdeckung in einem verstaubten Zimmer auf dem Dachboden versteckt, offenbart ihm die Verfehlungen seiner Seele erbarmungslos und auf gräßlichste Weise. Verschleiert, wie es zu Oscar Wildes Zeiten nur möglich war, schwingt das Thema der Homosexualität mit. Viel dreht sich um männliche Schönheit und Jugend, um die zweifelhafte Moral der Gesellschaft, um verborgene Sünden und geheimnisvolle Anziehungskräfte und um schwerwiegende Gefühle von Schuld. Wildes einziger Roman ist ein Werk von großer Eigenart, geschrieben in der für Wilde typischen blumigen und äußerst kunstvollen Sprache, voller gewagter und tiefgründiger Spekulationen um die Doppelnatur der menschlichen Seele und um das mysteriöse Wechselspiel zwischen Kunst und Leben. In ihm spielt das Reale mit dem Irrealen. Es beschreibt die Tragödie um den Identitätsverlust einer dekadenten Seele. --Daphne Unruh
Oscar Wilde’s Collected Works: The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, and More! (19 Works): The Classic Drama
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. This Edition Contains 19 Works; ● Vera or, The Nihilists ● The Duchess of Padua ● The Happy Prince and Other Tales ● The Picture of Dorian Gray ● Intentions ● Lord Arthur Savile's Crime ● A Woman of No Importance ● For Love of the King ● An Ideal Husband ● The Importance of Being Earnest ● The Ballad of Reading Gaol ● The Soul of Man Under Socialism ● De Profundis ● The Canterville Ghost ● A Florentine Tragedy ● Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man ● A House of Pomegranates ● Lady Windermere's Fan ● A Critic in Pall Mall This Edition Features: ● Biography of Oscar Wilde ● Active Table of Contents ● Well Kindle Formatting
O Retrato de Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Na Inglaterra vitoriana, o famoso artista Basil Hallard pinta o retrato de Dorian Gray, homem jovem de uma beleza inspiradora. Imerso num ambiente aristocrático que cultiva o belo e a juventude como valores absolutos, e atraído por esta visão hedonista da vida, Dorian Gray deseja que aquele retrato envelheça no seu lugar, registando-se ali as marcas da sua decadência física enquanto a sua aparência permanece intocada pelo tempo. A sua alma será a moeda de troca.
Publicado em 1890 como uma novela na Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, O Retrato de Dorian Gray, foi recebido com escândalo, classificado como imoral e censurado.
Um ano depois, Oscar Wilde edita, em livro, o influente romance filosófico como hoje o conhecemos, defendendo o seu trabalho num prefácio histórico que constitui, ele próprio, um manifesto literário e artístico em defesa da arte e dos direitos de quem a cria.
The Poems and Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was a celebrated author, poet and aesthete. Two of his most acclaimed works are his play The Importance of Being Earnest, and his only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde was convicted and imprisoned for homosexual acts, and died a broken man.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Annotated Edition (Alma Classics Evergreens)
Oscar Wilde
El retrato de Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Nothing... Except My Genius
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde Stories for Children
Oscar Wilde
The portrait of Mr. W. H
Oscar Wilde
Shorter Prose Pieces
Oscar Wilde
Slika Dorijana Greja
Oscar Wilde
El fantasma de Canterville
Oscar Wilde
The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything (Green Integer)
Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays
Oscar Wilde
Contos Românticos
Oscar Wilde
Il ritratto di Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
La vicenda di un giovane bellissimo, Dorian Gray, il cui ritratto invecchia al posto suo, mentre la vita del protagonista è sempre più segnata dalla corruzione morale, fino al delitto e al terribile contrappasso finale.
Salome (French Edition)
Oscar Wilde
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Stories, Plays, Poems & Essays
Oscar Wilde
El pescador y su alma
Oscar Wilde
El Retrato de Dorian Gray: Edición sin censura
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde, Cuentos
Oscar Wilde
The Star Child : A Fable by Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Teleny or the Reverse of the Medal
Oscar Wilde
La balada de la cárcel de Reading (Flash Poesía)
Oscar Wilde
Il fantasma di Canterville
Oscar Wilde
El retrato de Dorian Gray [sin censura]
Oscar Wilde
El abanico de Lady windermere
Oscar Wilde
El príncipe feliz y otros cuentos.
Oscar Wilde
Cuentos
Oscar Wilde
La Importancia de Llamarse Ernesto
Oscar Wilde
De Profundis and Other Writings
Oscar Wilde
This collection contains, too, many examples of that humorous and epigrammatic genius which captured the London theatre and, by suddenly casting light from an unexpected angle, widened the bounds of truth.
De profundis y otros escritos de la cárcel
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty.
In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind.
Dorian Gray'in Portresi
Oscar Wilde
- Sansürsüz Basım -
Olağanüstü güzellikteki bir genç adamın, çekiciliğinden aldığı güçle zaman içinde yozlaşmasını anlatan Dorian Gray'irı Portresi, yayımlandığı zaman okurları da eleştirmenleri de derinden sarsmış ve Oscar Wilde isminin edebiyat tarihine kazınmasına neden olmuştur. Fakat günümüzdeki baskılarda temel alman metin, kitabın ilk olarak Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'de çıkan ve tepki çektiği için dergi editörleri ve ardından bizzat Wilde tarafından sansürlenen halidir.
Nicholas Frankel'ın editörlüğünü yaptığı bu baskıda, Dorian Gray'in Portresi'nin 1890'da dergiye teslim edilen sansürsüz nüshası esas alındı. Böylece Dorian Gray'in hikâyesi, "düzelti" adı altında hoyratça yapılan budamalardan, "ahlaksızca" olduğu düşüncesiyle "yumuşatılmış" ifadelerden arındırılıp, ilk defa Wilde'ın asıl kurguladığı biçimiyle hayat bulmuş oldu.
Oscar Wilde, kendisini romandaki Basil Hallward karakteriyle özdeşleştirdiğini, ancak aslında Dorian olmak istediğini söylemiş, "Belki başka çağlarda," diye de eklemiştir. Yaşadığı çağda zulüm gören ve "ahlak bozukluğundan" hapse atılan Wilde'ın gotik öğeler taşıyan büyüleyici romanı Dorian Gray'in Portresi, bugün nihayet özgün hali ve Ülker İnce'nin, Dünya Kitap dergisi, 2014 "Yılın Çeviri Kitabı Ödülü"nü alan Türkçesiyle okurların karşısına çıkıyor.
The Decay of Lying
Oscar Wilde
El príncipe feliz, El ruiseñor y la rosa y otros cuentos
Oscar Wilde
Penguin English Library the Picture of Dorian Gray (The Penguin English Library) by Oscar Wilde (2012-08-28)
Oscar Wilde
El fantasma de Canterville y otros cuentos
Oscar Wilde
Una selección de las mejores narraciones de Wilde, además de El fantasma de Canterville, este volumen incluye: El crimen de lord Arthur Savile, El modelo millonario, El joven rey, El cumpleaños de la infanta, El niño estrella, El príncipe feliz, El pescador y su alma, y otros relatos breves.
Dotado de un fino espíritu crítico, el autor desprecia la moral burguesa y busca en sus obras la provocación mediante el humor fino e irónico, creando una atmósfera alegre que le permite dominar la técnica dramática. En El fantasma de Canterville , una familia americana adquiere Canterville Chase, un castillo inglés embrujado; pero lejos de asustarse, la familia hace todo lo que puede para desembarazarse de este fantasma. Con suma maestría, Oscar Wilde parodia el cuento de terror y aprovecha para criticar el materialismo burgués.
The Happy Prince and Other Stories
Oscar Wilde
A haunting, magical fairy-tale collection, in which Oscar Wilde beautifully evokes (among others) The Happy Prince who was not so happy after all, The Selfish Giant who learned to love little children and The Star Child who did not love his parents as much as he should. Each of the stories shines with poetry and magic and will be enjoyed by children of every age. A perfect collection for children young and old, introduced by Markus Zusak, bestselling author of The Book Thief.
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