Oscar Wilde

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This captivating collection contains all 9 of Wilde's charming, sensitive stories for young readers. Included are "The Happy Prince," "The Selfish Giant," "The Star-Child," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Birthday of the Infanta," "The Remarkable Rocket," "The Devoted Friend," "The Young King," and "The Fisherman and His Soul."

"A Picture is a Purely Decorative Thing" is a brand new collection of essays and excerpts on the subject of The Arts written by Oscar Wilde. Contents include: "The Artist", "The English Renaissance of Art", "An Exposure of Naturalism", "Sculpture at The Arts and Crafts", "House Decoration", "The Poetry of Archeology", "The Art of Archeology", "Art and the Handicraftsman", "Mr. Morris on Tapestry", "Lecture to Art Students", "The Relation of Dress...

Oscar Wilde's play Salome is a twist on the execution of John the Baptist, fuelled by motives of lust and slaughter. Wilde's interpretation is deeply rooted in the Biblical story of Salome's dance to please Herod and her mother's plea for John the Baptist's head. Wilde's twist on the biblical story focuses on the personality of Salome and the hypersexual implications.

El Príncipe Feliz y otros cuentos fue publicado por Oscar Wilde en Mayo de 1888 y no ha perdido su atracción hasta nuestros días, combinando a la perfección el estilo de los cuentos de hadas con un trasfondo gótico y trágico. Temas recurrentes de la ficción tales como la entrega de uno mismo por el amado o la imposibilidad del amor si no hay eternidad se ofrecen aquí a los lectores de las nuevas generaciones como una perspectiva nueva e iluminadora. Su...

Sir Robert Chiltern es un político brillante, un auténtico gentleman y el marido ideal de la seductora Lady Chiltern. Todos admiran la armonía de su matrimonio. Pero cuando la malévola señora Cheveley lo amenaza con revelar un oscuro secreto de su pasado, su felicidad se tambalea. Acorralado, pide ayuda a un viejo amigo, el inteligente Lord Arthur Goring, que pronto se encontrará atrapado en una red de mentiras y secretas tentaciones. Se incluye...

A nightingale selflessly sacrifices herself to help a young student win the love of his professor's daughter, but both the professor's daughter and the young student prove unworthy of her sacrifice. Victorian author Oscar Wilde is known both as a playwright and prose author. Among his most famous works are The Picture of Dorian Gray, his only novel, the plays An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, and the short story collections Lord...

"The Greatest Works of Oscar Wilde" takes you on a tour through the creativity of Oscar Wilde. Classics in this collection include "An Ideal Husband," "Lady Windermere's Fan," "The Canterville Ghost," "A Woman of No Importance," "A House of Pomegranates," "The Picture of Dorian Grey," and "The Happy Prince & Other Tales." In this collection, Wilde's wit, social satire, and storytelling mastery show through, providing readers with a view into the complexity...

When an illegitimate shepherd is revealed as the only heir to a unnamed country, the truth of the young boy's coronation regalia is revealed to him through three nightmares. With this in mind, the new king fashions a new coronation costume. Victorian author Oscar Wilde is known both as a playwright and prose author. Among his most famous works are The Picture of Dorian Gray, his only novel, the plays An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest,...

Oscar Wilde was a legendary wit, a poetic provocateur, and one of England's greatest playwrights who became a martyr for free love, a scapegoat for repressive society, and a myth onto himself. Shimmering beneath the dazzling witticisms and delicious irony is Wilde's profound, serious, and unshakeable commitment to love. Love is the experience that can unmoor us from the habits, conventions, and expectations of our lives in both thrilling and unsettling...