This volume in CSA Word's famous Short Story compilation series focuses on the very best in timeless short fiction.

Salome, stepdaughter of King Herod, agrees to perform the mysterious and erotic Dance of the Seven Veils - but demands in return the head of the King's most infamous prisoner, Jokanaan (John the Baptist).

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales. 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 (wikipedia.org)

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Short Stories is a compilation of short stories by Oscar Wilde, along with his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. It was originally published in 1888 under the title Stories: Oscar Wilde. Some of the short stories within include "The Sphinx Without a Secret," "The Model Millionaire," and stories from the previously-published collections "A House of Pomegranates" and "The Happy Prince and Other Tales." This book is sure to interest Oscar Wilde fans and fans of Victorian literature. OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900) was a celebrated Irish-born playwright, short...

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Illuminating essays on philsophy, literature, soceity, and art by one of Ireland's greatest wits
Oscar Wilde witty raconteur, flamboyant hedonist, and self-destructive lover is most familiar as the author of brilliant comedies, including The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, and the decadent novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. This selection of critical writings reveals a different side of the great writer the deep and serious reader of literature and philosophy, and the eloquent and original thinker about society and art. This illuminating...

A definitive new collection of Oscar Wilde s best prison letters and poetry, with an introduction by Colm Toibin

Bankrupt and with his reputation in ruins, Oscar Wilde wrote the astonishing letter De Profundis to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, while in prison. Editor Colm Toibin, the acclaimed author ofThe Blackwater Lightship, The Master, andBrooklyn, describes it as Wilde s greatest piece of prose writing. Also included is The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Wilde s most famous poem and one of the greatest ballads in the English language, as well as other...