Una casa de granadas es un libro de cuentos de hadas publicado en 1892 por Oscar Wilde. Fue instituido como la continuacion del libro de cuentos El Principe Feliz y otros cuentos (1888). Wilde dijo una vez que esta coleccion no fue planeada ni para los ninos britanicos ni para el publico britanico. Este libro reune cuatro cuentos escritos en el mejor momento del autor, bellos ejemplos de relatos magicos del Simbolismo, entre los que destacan El joven rey, el natalicio de la infanta, cuya historia se situa en una Espana literaria del siglo XVII, El pescador y su Alma y El Nino-Astro. Un libro...

La Balada de la Carcel de Reading es un poema escrito por Oscar Wilde durante su exilio en Berneval o Dieppe, Francia. Fue escrito tras su liberacion de la prision de Reading en torno al 19 de mayo de 1897. El poema es una de las baladas mas representativas tanto del autor como de la literatura en ingles. El encarcelamiento de Wilde en el penal de Reading tuvo lugar tras ser condenado por actos homosexuales en 1895 y sentenciado a dos anos de trabajos forzados. Durante su periodo de encarcelamiento, concretamente el sabado 7 de julio de 1896, tuvo lugar un ahorcamiento. Se trataba de Charles...

The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories, "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket." It is most famous for its title story, "The Happy Prince."

The Ghost of Canterville features a ghost named Sir Simon and an American minister, Mr. Otis, accompanied by his family. On arrival, Lord Canterville, the former owner of the premises, warned Otis and his family that the ghost of Sir Simon haunted the castle since the latter had killed his wife Eleonore several centuries ago. However, this ghost, which has always frightened all the people who lived in this castle, does not succeed in frightening this American family which displays a resolutely modern and pragmatic attitude. The ghost exhausts all its arsenal of techniques. For example, when...

summary One autumn night, a flight of martinets1 in migration comes over a city in which is a statue of a deceased prince. This prince, nicknamed the "Happy Prince," was loved by all. Its statue is covered with thin golden leaves, has for its eyes two superb sapphires, and a large ruby is encrusted on the pommel of his sword. One of the swallows is standing at his side, admiring before so much grace and wealth. As she rests at her feet, she feels fine drops of water falling on her wings. The prince, who was happy during his lifetime in his sumptuous palace, now wept for his people. From his...

Salome is a tragedy of Oscar Wilde whose original version of 1891 is in French. A translation into English followed three years later. The play, in one act, rests on the biblical episode of Salome, 1 the daughter-in-law of the tetrarch of Galilee Herod Antipas, who, to the dismay of his father-in-law, but to the delight of his mother Herodias, Brings him the head of Iokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a reward for performing the seven-veil dance. Versions and firsts Wilde wrote this play to Paris, where he had retired after completing Lady Windermere's Fan. He dedicated it to...

The Duchess of Padua is a play by the world famous wit Oscar Wilde. A five-act melodramatic tragedy set in Padua and written in blank verse. It was written for the actress Mary Anderson in early 1883 while in Paris. Alas she turned it down and it was abandoned until a run on Broadway re-titled Guido Ferranti. It ran for three weeks. It is rarely seen but on account of the immense talents of its author we thought it deserved a wider audience. We hope that includes you. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854- 30 November 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and...

LONDON: ST. JAMES'S THEATRE Lessee and Manager: Mr. George Alexander February 14th, 1895 * * * * * John Worthing, J.P.: Mr. George Alexander. Algernon Moncrieff: Mr. Allen Aynesworth. Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.: Mr. H. H. Vincent. Merriman: Mr. Frank Dyall. Lane: Mr. F. Kinsey Peile. Lady Bracknell: Miss Rose Leclercq. Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax: Miss Irene Vanbrugh. Cecily Cardew: Miss Evelyn Millard. Miss Prism: Mrs. George Canninge. FIRST ACT SCENE Morning-room in Algernon's flat in Half-Moon Street. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The sound of a piano is heard in the...

FIRST ACT SCENE Morning-room of Lord Windermere's house in Carlton House Terrace. Doors C. and R. Bureau with books and papers R. Sofa with small tea-table L. Window opening on to terrace L. Table R. Lady Windermere is at table R., arranging roses in a blue bowl.] Enter Parker.] Parker. Is your ladyship at home this afternoon? Lady Windermere. Yes-who has called? Parker. Lord Darlington, my lady. Lady Windermere. Hesitates for a moment.] Show him up-and I'm at home to any one who calls. Parker. Yes, my lady. Exit C.] Lady Windermere. It's best for me to see him before to-night. I'm glad...

INTRODUCTION The concluding volume of any collected edition is unavoidably fragmentary and desultory. And if this particular volume is no exception to a general tendency, it presents points of view in the author's literary career which may have escaped his greatest admirers and detractors. The wide range of his knowledge and interests is more apparent than in some of his finished work. What I believed to be only the fragment of an essay on Historical Criticism was already in the press, when accidentally I came across the remaining portions, in Wilde's own handwriting; it is now complete...