Wilde, glamorous and notorious, more famous as a playwright or prisoner than as a poet, invites readers of his verse to meet an unknown and intimate figure. The poetry of his formative years includes the haunting elegy to his young sister and the grieving lyric at the death of his father. The religious drama of his romance with Rome is captured here, as well as its resolution in his renewed love of ancient Greece. He explores forbidden sexual desires, pays homage to the great theatre stars and poets of his day, observes cityscapes with impressionist intensity. His final masterpiece, The Ballad... [Read More]
A unique one-volume anthology which includes all of Wilde's stories, plays, and poems. It also features a large portion of his essays and letters and an introduction by Wilde's son, Vyvyan Holland.
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 o... [Read More]
If you were looking for the definitive Fairy Tales anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it!"The Big Book of Fairy Tales" gathers together more than 1500 tales, which makes it truly unique in its kind.Here you will find some of the finest stories from around the globe, including classics from The Thousand and One Nights such as ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Sinbad the Sailor’, Hans Christian Andersen’s complete tales (‘The Ugly Ducking’, ‘Little Tin Soldier’, ‘The Little Match girl’ and many more), The Brothers Grimm's complete tales, Charles Perrault's complete sto... [Read More]
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.
* Illustrated with the original images. * Annotated with concise introduction, including analysis of Oscar Wilde's works as well as modern view on Wilde's historical background.* Original footnotes are hyperlinked for easy reference.* The collection includes alphabetical and chronological indexes of Wilde's works.* Each book features its own active Table of Contents.* Includes Oscar Wilde's Biography.* Includes Oscar Wilde's most famous quotes.* Includes analysis of Oscar Wilde's literary style. * Includes analysis of Wilde's London.* All Annotated Classics books are beautifully designed for e... [Read More]
Oscar Wilde’s infamous wit, taste for scandal, and gift for revealing the hypocrisies of fashionable society are on display here in this collection of his finest plays. A genius both of and ahead of his time, he built his craft on the eternal questions of right and wrong—with pithy dialogue as fresh today as when it was written.In addition to Wilde’s five major plays, this Signet Classics edition contains:• Two interviews with the playwright at the peak of his career, in which Wilde discusses his work—and his critics• Some of his most brilliant critical writing, in which he discuss... [Read More]
This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names- The Divine Comedy [Dante Alighieri]- Emma [Jane Austen]- Persuasion [Jane Austen]- Pride and Preju... [Read More]
The Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde is the only truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Oscar Wilde’s works, and is available in both paperback and this hardback edition. Continuously in print since 1948, the Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde has long been recognised as the most comprehensive and authoritative single-volume collection of Wilde’s texts available, containing his only novel, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters, all in their most authoritative texts. Illustrated with many fascinating photographs, the... [Read More]
Exclusive Content:10 Unique Painted Illustrations created for this collectionHistorical Context Notes Incl. Explanation of the Victorian Era Oscar Wilde lived and wrote inComplete Works of Wilde Plus BonusesRead on to Learn MoreOscar Wilde Complete Works Ultimate CollectionThis is the world’s best Oscar Wilde collection, including the most complete set of Wilde’s works available plus many free bonus materials.Oscar WildeOscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright, who became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Wilde became one of the b... [Read More]
This book contains the following works with an Active Table of Contents- Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell : The Complete Novels - Thomas Hardy : The Complete Novels - Nathaniel Hawthorne : The Complete Novels - Victor Hugo: The Complete Novels- Robert Louis Stevenson: The Complete Novels - Rudyard Kipling : The Complete Novels and Stories- H. P. Lovecraft : The complete Collection - Edgar Allan Poe : The Complete Tales And Poems- Mary Shelley : The Complete Novels - H. G. Wells : The Classics Novels and Short Stories - Oscar Wilde : The Complete CollectionAlso available :Classics Authors Super Set S... [Read More]
Those whom the gods love grow young.Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854–1900), one of Ireland's most beloved writers, was a playwright, poet, novelist and author of fairy stories and political essays. A complex man with many sides, he was both a revolutionary thinker and a flamboyant dandy and man about town. His wit and razor-sharp observation made him the toast of society on both sides of the Atlantic before scandal and notoriety stripped him of his position and his freedom.Best-Loved Oscar Wilde gathers a selection of Wilde's celebrated writing, chosen and introduced by John Wyse J... [Read More]
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally ... [Read More]
© 10Toply.com - all rights reserved - Sitemap 10Toply.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com