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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde wrote a lot, from criticism, articles, and reviews to novels, poetry, short tales, plays, and even children's writing. Among them are two of his masterworks, masterpieces that won…
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"The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" by Oscar Wilde is a timeless masterpiece that effortlessly blends razor-sharp wit with social satire, creating a scintillating commentary…
Oscar Wilde's comedic masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, is a delightful romp through Victorian society's absurdities. With razor-sharp wit and dazzling wordplay, Wilde satirizes marriage, social expectations, and the…
In Oscar Wilde's haunting masterpiece, The Picture of Dorian Gray, a young man's pact with is own portrait leads to a chilling exploration of vanity, morality and the consequences of…
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A beautifully illustrated retelling of Oscar Wilde’s classic story.
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A beautifully illustrated collection of Oscar Wilde’s favourite children’s tales known and loved throughout the world. It includes: The Happy Prince The Selfish Giant The Nightingale and the Rose This…
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSH Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous…
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The young, beautiful gentleman, Dorian Gray, is drawn into a double life of decadence by the seductive and fabulously witty Lord Henry Wotton. A Faustian bargain is made by Dorian…
Includes The Portrait of Mr W H , Wilde’s defence of Dorian Gray, reviews, and the writings from Intentions (1891): The Decay of Lying , Pen, Pencil, Poison , and…
Gloriously adapted and illustrated by the winner of the British Book Awards Nibbie for Children's Illustrated Book of the Year and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Swallow is a homeless…
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A beautiful collector’s edition of five of Oscar Wilde’s classic plays
Featuring a chronology of the author’s life and career, and a timeline of significant events to provide historical context, these Enriched Classics editions make an ideal introduction to these of…
Dorian Gray gives his soul for eternal youth. While his portrait changes hideously, reflecting his crimes and corruption, he remains outwardly flawless. This new edition uses the 1891 expanded text…
An account of Oscar Wilde’s spiritual journey while in prison, and describes his new, shocking conviction that ‘the supreme vice is shallowness’. It also includes further letters to his wife…
Over 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition…
A beautiful jacketed hardback edition of Oscar Wilde's classic novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, with new, full-color illustration by Eugenia Nobati.
This classic novel about the frailty of human…
The Picture of Dorian Gray tells the story of a beautiful young man who strikes this Faustian bargain by which a painted portrait fades and ages while he remains untouched…
A beautiful collector’s edition of Oscar Wilde’s short stories
In this new edition, which contains all of Wilde’s fairy tales, his rich prose is evoked beautifully with the sumptuous, intricate work of artist Isabelle Brent, and an introduction by…
Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories explore timeless themes of good and evil, freedom and responsibility, love and death, beauty and self-sacrifice. This beautiful collectors’ edition with original watercolour illustrations and decorative…
A collection of stories that shine with poetry and magic which is suitable for children young and old.
"Each of us has Heaven and Hell in him, Basil," cried Dorian, with a wild gesture of despair.
The preservation of his youth demands the perversion of his existence.
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Oscar Wilde, Lady Wilde
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Dr Ruth Robbins (Leeds Beckett University, Leeds)
Oscar Wilde’s reputation has shifted dramatically during the twentieth century from outcast in the wake of his trials for homosexual offences, to martyr to the gay cause in the 1980s…
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A collection of original articles on Oscar Wilde and his writings covers all aspects of his work, from his neglected poetry to his renowned The Picture of Dorian Gray and…
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Frank Harris
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Professor Frank Harris, III
As editor of The Fortnightly Review , Harris published some of Wilde’s greatest work and knew Wilde personally - understanding him both emotionally and professionally. But Harris was also Wilde’s…
Leonard Creswell Ingleby
Reproduction of the original: Oscar Wilde by Leonard Creswell Ingleby
Richard Ellmann
Hailed as a masterpiece, Ellmann’s biography of Oscar Wilde has been acclaimed as a perfect marriage of biographer and subject. With precision and wit and sensitive to the tragic pattern…
Ernest Newman
Get an inside look at the life and works of Oscar Wilde in this definitive biography by Ernest Newman. Filled with vivid details and insightful analysis, this book explores the…
This volume studies Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), British dramatist whose works and wit often attracted scandalized protest. His writings include: The Happy Prince , The Picture of Dorian Gray and The…
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). British dramatist whose works and wit often attracted scandalized protest. Writings include: The Happy Prince, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest.
Alexandra Warwick
Since he first began publishing his work in the 1880s, Oscar Wilde has been a controversial figure. Although celebrated by many of his contemporaries for his witty and iconoclastic writing…
Examines the whole range of Wilde’s work, from the light-hearted to the tragically serious, and explores Wilde and his writings in their biographical, historical, cultural, and literary contexts.
John Stokes
Oscar Wilde was a major influence on the culture of his time, and remains relevant today, as a model of wit and style, a sexual icon, and a moral example…
United Library
Oscar Wilde: The Biography of an Irish Poet and his Completed Life's Work delves into the fascinating and tumultuous journey of one of the most celebrated literary figures in history…
Jonathan Harris,Phillippe Julian
Philippe Julian’s biography of Oscar Wilde.
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable…