Facing charges of indecency and wondering if he should abscond to France, Oscar Wilde finally ended up serving a two-year prison sentence in Reading Gaol. It is during this period that he wrote a 50,000 word letter entitled De Profundis (Latin: -from the depths-) to Lord Alfred Douglas, his lover. In the meantime, his love for his lover had turned into a sort of bitterness, and the tone of this long letter manages to capture that bitterness as well as the extraordinary attachment he felt for Douglas.
Facing charges of indecency and wondering if he should abscond to France, Oscar Wilde finally ended up serving a two-year prison sentence in Reading G...
A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published in 1891 as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888). Wilde once said that this collection was "intended neither for the British child nor the British public." The stories included in this collection are as follows: The Young King The Birthday of the Infanta The Fisherman and his Soul The Star-Child
A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published in 1891 as a second collection for The Happy Prince...
El retrato de Dorian Gray o El cuadro de Dorian Gray (original en ingles: The Picture of Dorian Gray) es una novela escrita por el autor irlandes Oscar Wilde. Originalmente publicada el 20 de junio de 1890, como cuento en Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, una revista mensual literaria estadounidense, Wilde revisaria la obra, haria varias modificaciones y agregaria nuevos capitulos para su publicacion posterior como novela, su unica obra publicada como novela.
El retrato de Dorian Gray o El cuadro de Dorian Gray (original en ingles: The Picture of Dorian Gray) es una novela escrita por el autor irlandes Osca...
The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of Wilde's most memorable novels. Within, we are exposed to Dorian's world of unbounded pleasure and ultimate narcissism which has many unintended consequences. An epic tale of man's self-absorption and final redemption, Wilde's tale excites and cautions.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of Wilde's most memorable novels. Within, we are exposed to Dorian's world of unbounded pleasure and ultimate narcis...
A lighthearted comedy of errors, filled with various motivations and deceptions, where things and people are not who they are supposed to be. Wilde's popular masterpiece exposes the reader to the depths of Victorian England and its sometimes trivial concerns.
A lighthearted comedy of errors, filled with various motivations and deceptions, where things and people are not who they are supposed to be. Wilde's ...