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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Stories, Plays, Poems & Essays

Stories, Plays, Poems and Essays

Author: Oscar Wilde  

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Here is a collection of this witty and irreverent author's works—all in their most authoritative texts. Includes The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, and other stories and essays.

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Here is a collection of this witty and irreverent author's works—all in their most authoritative texts. Includes The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, and other stories and essays.

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Introduction (by V. Holland)

Part One. Stories Chapter 1. "The Picture of Dorian Gray Chapter 2. "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Chapter 3. "The Canterville Ghost Chapter 4. "The Sphinx Without a Secret Chapter 5. "The Model Millionaire Chapter 6. "A House of Pomegranates Chapter 7. "The Young King Chapter 8. "The Birthday of the Infant Chapter 9. "The Fisherman and His Soul Chapter 10. "The Star-Child Chapter 11. "The Happy Prince Chapter 12. "The Nightingale and the Rose Chapter 13. "The Selfish Giant Chapter 14. "The Devoted Friend Chapter 15. "The Remarkable Rocket

Part Two. Plays Chapter 18. "The Importance of Being Earnest Chapter 19. "Lady Windermere's Fan Chapter 20. "A Woman of No Importance Chapter 21. "An Ideal Husband Chapter 22. "Salome Chapter 23. "The Duchess of Padua Chapter 24. "Vera, or the Nihilists Chapter 25. "A Florentine Tragedy Chapter 26. "La Sainte Courtisane

Part Three. Poems Helas Sonnet to Liberty Ave Imperatrix To Milton Louis Napolean Sonnet on the Massacre of the Christians in Bulgaria Quantum Mutata Libertatis Sacra Fames Theoretikos Santa Decca The Garden of Eros Requiescat Sonnet on Approaching Italy San Miniato By The Arno Ave Maria Gratia Plena Italia Sonnet Written in Holy Week at Genoa Rome Unvisited Urbs Sacra Aeterna Sonnet on Hearing the Dies Irae Sung in the Sistine Chapel Easter Day E Tenebris Wasted Days Madonna Mia The New Helen Impression de Voyage The Burden of Itys Impression du Matin Magdalen Walks Athanasia Serenade Endymion La Bella Donna della mia Mente Chanson Charmides Theocritus Impressions (Les Silhouettes, La Fuite de la Lune) In the Gold Room A Vision Ballade de Marguerite Amor Intellectualis The Dole of the King's Daughter The Grave of Shelley The Grave of Keats Fabien dei Franchi Phedre Portia Queen Henrietta Maria Camma Impression: Le Reveillon Panthea At Verona Apolgia Quia Multum Amavi Silentium Amoris Her Voice My Voice Taedium Vitae The Harlot's House From Spring Days to Winter Humanitad Flower of Love With a Copy of "A House of Pomegrantes" Under the Balcony Fantaisies Decoratives The New Remorse Canzonet Symphony in Yellow In the Forest To My Wife To L.L. Vita Nuova Pan The True Knowledge Lotus Leaves On the Sale by Auction of Keats' Love Letters Chorus of Cloud Maidens A Song of Lamentation A Fragment from the Agamemnon of Aescholys Impressions (Le Jardin, La Mer) The Artist's Dream or San Artystry Desespoir Ravenna The Sphinx Le Jardin des Tuileries The Ballad of Reading Gaol Tristitiae

Part Four. Poems in Prose Chapter 27. "The Artist Chapter 28. "The Doer of Good Chapter 29. "The Disciple Chapter 30. "The Master Chapter 31. "The House of Judgment Chapter 32. "The Teacher of Wisdom

Part Five. Essays and Letters Chapter 33. "De Profundis Chapter 34. "Two Letters to the Daily Chronicle Chapter 35. "Intentions Chapter 36. "The Decay of Lying Chapter 37. "Pen, Pencil and Poison Chapter 38. "The Critic as Artist Chapter 39. "The Truth of Masks Chapter 40. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism Chapter 41. "The Rise of Historical Criticism Chapter 42. "The Portrait of Mr. W.H. Chapter 43. "A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated Chapter 44. "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young

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About the Author

Born in Ireland in 1856, Oscar Wilde was a noted essayist, playwright, fairy tale writer and poet, as well as an early leader of the Aesthetic Movement. His plays include: "An Ideal Husband, Salome, A Woman of No Importance, " and "Lady Windermere's Fan." Among his best known stories are "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Canterville Ghost".

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Back Cover

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.

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Product Details

Publisher
Harper Perennial
Published
30th September 1989
Pages
1216
ISBN
9780060963934

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