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English
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This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think their names are Ernest, "that name which inspires absolute confidence." Wilde's effervescent wit, scathing social satire, and high farce make this one of the most cherished plays in the English language. Includes an
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
Includes the following works: Novels- The Portrait of Dorian Gray; Plays-Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest; Writings-De Profundis, Critic as Artist, and Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Very Young; and selections from Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and A Woman of No Importance. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest are accompanied by Wilde's prison memoirs, poems, and selected correspondence....
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Wilde's drama combines epigrammatic brilliance and shrewd social observation. This collection of his plays includes 'Lady Windermere's Fan', 'Salome', 'A Woman of No Importance', 'An Ideal Husband' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.
Author
Publisher
Heritage
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
And the Giant's heart melted as he looked out. 'How selfish I have been!' he said; ' . . . I will knock down the wall, and my garden shall be the children's playground for ever and ever.' The five stories in his collection for children show Wilde at his best; moving, witty and wise. In The Happy Prince , a grand but lonely statue recruits a swallow to help him give to people in need; In The Nightingale and the Rose, a small bird makes a great sacrifice...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Though best known for his drama and fiction, Oscar Wilde was also a pioneering critic. He introduced the idea that criticism was an act of creation, not just appraisal. Wilde transformed the genre by extending its ambit beyond art to include society itself, all while injecting it with his trademark wit and style"--
Author
Publisher
Longseller
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Español
Description
An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which 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...
Author
Series
Fairy tales of Oscar Wilde volume 1
Publisher
NBM
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
The Selfish Giant relates the tale of a formidable giant who frightens children away from his garden only for it to wither in a never-ending winter. When the children come back, the giant becomes of a different mind. The Star-Child is found in a field one day, thought to be left by a star. But he lets his uniqueness and fair looks fill him with vanity, cruelty and haughtiness until he meets a beggarwoman that he laughs and casts stones at.
Author
Series
Fairy tales of Oscar Wilde volume 5
Publisher
Nantier, Beal, Minoustchine
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Arguably the most famous and beloved of Oscar Wilde's nine fairy tales, this particular rendition stands apart from the others due to its brilliant illustrations by a master of comic art. After dying young, the Happy Prince's soul inhabits a beautiful ruby-encrusted statue covered in gold leaf which is perched high above the city. But when he sees the poverty, misery and desperateness of his people, he enlists the help of a barn swallow to remove...
Author
Publisher
Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Graphic Novel. The second volume in a series of comic book adaptations of Wilde's tales, Russell's full-colour graphic adaptations of Oscar Wilde's 'The Remarkable Rocket' and 'The Young King' are exquisitely spun tales for adults and children alike.
9 yrs+
Author
Series
Fairy tales of Oscar Wilde volume 4
Publisher
NBM/Nantier, Beall, Minoustichine
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Graphic adaptations of two fairy tales written by Oscar Wilde. In "The Devoted Fried," a Linnet tells a Water-rat about little Hans and his "devoted" friend, the rich miller. In "The Nightingale and the Rose," a nightingale witnesses a young student consumed by love and, unknown to him, decides to aid him with a selfless sacrifice.
Author
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"In The Invention of Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel explores Wilde's self-creation as a "work of art" and a carefully constructed cultural icon. Frankel takes readers on a journey through Wilde's inventive, provocative life, from his Irish origins--and their public erasure--through his challenges to traditional concepts of masculinity and male sexuality, his marriage and his affairs with young men, including his great love Lord Alfred Douglas, to his...
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