With an Introduction and Notes by John M.L. Drew, University of Buckingham.
Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design.
Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its...
With an Introduction and Notes by John M.L. Drew, University of Buckingham.
Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is...
With an Introduction and Notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London.
De Profundis is Wilde's eloquent and bitter reproach from prison to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. He contrasts his behaviour with that of his close friend Robert Ross who became Wilde's literary executor.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a deeply moving and characteristically generous poem on the horrors of prison life, which was published anonymously in 1898.
This collection also includes the essay The Soul of Man under Socialism and two of...
With an Introduction and Notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London.
With an Introduction and Notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere's Fan. The combination of dazzling wit, subtle social criticism, sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner, both here and in his next three plays, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and his undisputed masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest.
This volume includes all Wilde's plays from his early tragedy Vera to the...
With an Introduction and Notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London.
In these delightful tales, Oscar Wilde employs all his grace, artistry and wit. The Happy Prince tells of the statue of a once pleasure-loving Prince which, with the help of a selfless Swallow helps people in distress.
As well as The Nightingale and the Rose, The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket, this collection contains The Selfish Giant, a remarkable story of the redemptive power of love.
In these delightful tales, Oscar Wilde employs all his grace, artistry and wit. The Happy Prince tells of the statue of a once pleasure-lo...
With an Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London.
WILDE, GLAMOROUS AND NOTORIUS, 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...
With an Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in the portrait rather than on Dorian s own face. The stage is now set for a masterful tale about appearance, reality, art, life, truth, fiction and the burden of conscience.
Oscar Wilde s only full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and...
Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into ...
'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...'. Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high society. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian...
'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...'. Wilde's supremely witty t...
Portret Doriana Graya jest powieścią uniwersalną, w której współczesny czytelnik może odnaleźć własne problemy i rozterki. To lektura obowiązkowa dla wszystkich, którzy w świecie wszechobecnych obrazów i wizerunków szukają własnego oblicza i kształtują obrazy innych, a także dla wszelkiej maści moralistów, którzy nazbyt łatwo szafują potępiającymi wyrokami. Moglibyśmy powiedzieć za Gombrowiczem, który wyciągnął z lektury Wilde’a znakomitą lekcję, że „człowiek jest najgłębiej uzależniony od swego odbicia w duszy drugiego człowieka, chociażby ta...
Portret Doriana Graya jest powieÅ›ciÄ… uniwersalnÄ…, w której współczesny czytelnik może odnaleźć wÅ‚asne problemy i rozterki. To lektura obowiÄ...
Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decaden...
De profundis to książka leżąca na pograniczu spowiedzi złamanego człowieka i eseju poświęconego istocie sztuki. W listach do przyjaciela Wilde rozpatruje swoje dotychczasowe życie, w bezkompromisowy sposób pisze o kulturze i sztuce XIX wieku, a także opisuje angielskie więzienie – wyjątkowo poruszające i zawierające wiele ciekawych spostrzeżeń są listy dotyczące reform więziennictwa. Dla każdego, kogo interesuje ten wielki twórca, jest to pozycja obowiązkowa.
De profundis to książka leżąca na pograniczu spowiedzi złamanego człowieka i eseju poświęconego istocie sztuki. W listach do przyjaciela W...
