LIBROS DEL AUTOR: oscar wilde

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  • A Picture is a Purely Decorative Thing - Essays and Excerpts on The Arts
    Oscar Wilde
    “A Picture is a Purely Decorative Thing” is a brand new collection of essays and excerpts on the subject of The Arts written by Oscar Wilde. Contents include: “The Artist”, “The English Renaissance of Art”, “An Exposure of Naturalism”, “Sculpture at The Arts and Crafts”, “House Decoration”, “The Poetry of Archæology”, “The Art of Archæology”, “Art and the Handicraftsman”, “Mr. ...
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  • A Woman of No Importance
    Oscar Wilde
    “A Woman of No Importance” is an 1893 play in four acts by Oscar Wilde. First performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London, it represents a razor-sharp satire of England’s aristocratic society in the late nineteenth century. Exceedingly witty and highly enjoyable, “A Woman of No Importance” is highly recommended for theatre lovers and those who have enjoyed other works by Wilde...
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  • An Ideal Husband
    Oscar Wilde
    “An Ideal Husband” is a play in four acts by Oscar Wilde. The narrative revolves around a Government minister named Sir Robert Chiltern whose successful career and happy marriage life are put under threat with the arrival into London society of Mrs. Cheveley, who appears to have in her possession evidence of Chiltern’s past transgressions. Panicking, Chiltern turns to his frien...
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  • My Voice - A Collection of Poems
    Oscar Wilde
    Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish poet and playwright who became one of the most popular in London during the 1880s and 1890s. Well-known for his sharp wit and extravagant attire, Wilde was a proponent of aestheticism and wrote in a variety of forms including poetry, fiction, and drama. He was famously imprisoned for homosexual acts from 1895 to 1897...
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  • Salomé
    Oscar Wilde
    “Salomé” is a 1891 play in one act by Oscar Wilde. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish poet and playwright who became one of the most popular in London during the 1880s and 1890s. Well-known for his sharp wit and extravagant attire, Wilde was a proponent of aestheticism and wrote in a variety of forms including poetry, fiction, and drama. He was famous...
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  • The Ballad of Reading Gaol
    Oscar Wilde
    Originally published in 1898, “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” is a poem written by Oscar Wilde. Composed after his release from the titular prison whilst he was in exile in Berneval-le-Grand, the poem deals with the hanging at Reading Goal of Charles Thomas Wooldridge, a 30-year-old man who was imprisoned for cutting his wife’s throat. Within the poem, Wilde narrates the execution...
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  • The Happy Prince, and Other Tales
    Oscar Wilde
    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'.In a town full of suffering poor people, a swallow who was l...
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    18,23 €

  • El príncipe feliz (Cómic)
    Oscar Wilde
    En la ciudad de Londres destaca una estatua dorada del Príncipe Feliz. Una solitaria golondrina, en su migración a Egipto, traba amistad con el Príncipe y descubre su secreto ¡El príncipe tan sólo desea evitar la miseria de la ciudad! ¿Conseguirán una estatua y una golondrina cambiar la situación de los más desfavorecidos?¡Descúbrelo en esta adaptación la obra de Oscar Wilde! ...
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  • De Profundis
    Oscar Wilde
    “…Prison life makes one see people and things as they really are. That is why it turns one to stone. It is the people outside who are deceived by the illusions of a life in constant motion. They revolve with life and contribute to its unreality. We who are immobile both see and know.”  —Oscar Wilde (1905)While in prison from 1895 to 1897 due to his homosexual affair with Lord A...
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  • De Profundis
    Oscar Wilde
    “…Prison life makes one see people and things as they really are. That is why it turns one to stone. It is the people outside who are deceived by the illusions of a life in constant motion. They revolve with life and contribute to its unreality. We who are immobile both see and know.”  —Oscar Wilde (1905)While in prison from 1895 to 1897 due to his homosexual affair with Lord A...
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  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Oscar Wilde
    The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in 1890. A substantially revised and expanded edition was published in April 1891. For the new edition, Wilde revised the content of the novel’s existing chapters, divided the final chapter into two chapters, and created six entirely new additional chapters. Whereas the original edition of the novel ...
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  • Salomé
    Oscar Wilde / Aubrey Beardsley
    Salome (or in French: Salomé ) is a tragedy by Oscar Wilde. The original 1891 version of the play was in French. Three years later an English translation was published. The play tells in one act the Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of Jokanaan (J...
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  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (Academic Edition)
    Oscar Wilde
    This Academic Edition contains the full text of The Picture of Dorian Gray, lightly edited for modern readers. It also includes an Editor’s Introduction providing historical context on the book; an author bio; a study guide with chapter summaries and discussion prompts; and a complete set of multiple-choice chapter quizzes. The book is designed for classroom use by English, lit...
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    21,03 €

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (Academic Edition)
    Oscar Wilde
    This Academic Edition contains the full text of The Picture of Dorian Gray, lightly edited for modern readers. It also includes an Editor’s Introduction providing historical context on the book and insights into the author’s life; a study guide with chapter summaries and discussion prompts; and a complete set of multiple-choice chapter quizzes. The book is designed for classroo...
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    12,55 €

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Oscar Wilde
    Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde’s story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the author’s most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray’s moral disintegration caused a scandal when it first appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novel’s corrupting influence, he responded that there is, in fact, 'a te...
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  • The Canterville Ghost
    Oscar Wilde
    This is Oscar Wilde’s tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance its tired ghost. The family - which refuses to believe in him - is in Wilde’s way a commentaryon the British nobility of the day - andon the Americans, too. The tale, like many of Wilde’s, is rich with allusion, but ends as sentimental romance. . . ...
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  • The Happy Prince and other Tales
    Oscar Wilde
    In a town where a lot of poor people suffer, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter meets the statue of the late ’Happy Prince’, who in reality has never experienced true happiness. Viewingvarious scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument... ...
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  • The Importance of Being Earnest
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Importance of Being Earnest? If so then keep reading...A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the 'The Importance Of Being Earnest,' the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde’s art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brimfu...
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    14,93 €

  • The Importance of Being Earnest
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Importance of Being Earnest? If so then keep reading...A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the 'The Importance Of Being Earnest,' the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde’s art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brimfu...
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    14,93 €

  • The Importance of Being Earnest
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Importance of Being Earnest? If so then keep reading...A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the 'The Importance Of Being Earnest,' the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde’s art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brimfu...
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    14,93 €

  • The Importance of Being Earnest
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Importance of Being Earnest? If so then keep reading...A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the 'The Importance Of Being Earnest,' the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde’s art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brimfu...
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    14,93 €

  • The Importance of Being Earnest
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Importance of Being Earnest? If so then keep reading...A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the 'The Importance Of Being Earnest,' the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde’s art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brimfu...
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    20,16 €

  • The Importance of Being Earnest
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Importance of Being Earnest? If so then keep reading...A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the 'The Importance Of Being Earnest,' the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde’s art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brimfu...
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    14,93 €

  • The Importance of Being Earnest
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Importance of Being Earnest? If so then keep reading...A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the 'The Importance Of Being Earnest,' the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde’s art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brimfu...
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    14,93 €

  • The Importance of Being Earnest
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Importance of Being Earnest? If so then keep reading...A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the 'The Importance Of Being Earnest,' the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde’s art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brimfu...
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    14,93 €

  • The Importance of Being Earnest
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Importance of Being Earnest? If so then keep reading...A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the 'The Importance Of Being Earnest,' the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde’s art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brimfu...
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    14,93 €

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Picture of Dorian Gray? If so then keep reading...In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into ...
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    16,12 €

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Picture of Dorian Gray? If so then keep reading...In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into ...
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    16,12 €

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Picture of Dorian Gray? If so then keep reading...In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into ...
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    16,12 €

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Oscar Wilde
    Do you want to read The Picture of Dorian Gray? If so then keep reading...In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into ...
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    16,12 €