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Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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Arthur Ransome
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Oscar Wilde
When handsome young Dorian Gray sees a painter’s portrait of him, he is transfixed by its reflection of his own beauty. He is troubled by the knowledge that the painting…
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In this magical fairytale collection, Oscar Wilde beautifully evokes (among others) the Happy Prince who was not so happy after all, the Selfish Giant who learned to love little children…
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, a beloved Gothic masterpiece of supernatural terror, is now available in an exquisite hardcover edition, featuring a striking cover and distinctive interior…
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A new version of Oscar Wilde's legendary 'trivial comedy for serious people', to coincide with the new run at London's National Theatre.
Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is the story of a man who makes a devilish pact never to grow old.
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Horror hides behind an attractive face in ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, Oscar Wilde’s tale of a notorious Victorian libertine and his life of evil excesses.
With warmth, tenderness and quiet wit, Oscar Wilde’s fables and fairy tales have moved and delighted for generations. In this selection are stories from The Happy Prince and A House…
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…
This is an edition of Oscar Wilde’s essay in dialogue form, on the theme of art versus life. Two fashionably decadent talkers engaged in the chit-chat of the day -…
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When handsome young Dorian Gray sees a painter's stunning portrait of him, he is transfixed by its reflection of his own beauty. He is also troubled by the knowledge that…
"Journey through the haunting tale of Dorian Gray, a man captivated by his own portrait's enduring beauty and youth, leading a life of excess and vice while his portrait grotesquely…
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Alongside Earnest, discover a biblical tragedy retold, Lady Windemere and her infamous fan and Wilde’s take on an ideal husband, in this play.
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Tells the story of Dorian Gray, a beautiful yet corrupt man. When he wishes that a perfect portrait of himself would bear the signs of ageing in his place, the…
LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series: Murder by Arthur Conan Doyle…
Colin Cavendish-Jones
Oscar Wilde and Nihilism examines Wilde's major works in the context of nineteenth-century philosophical nihilism and the Victorian religious unsettlement.
Michael Patrick Gillespie
Reading Oscar Wilde is a comprehensive interpretive guide designed for students and readers who come to Wilde's writings for the first time, delivering a fuller understanding of the works and…
Maarten Asscher
While a student at Oxford, Oscar Wilde was courting a beautiful Dublin girl, Florence Balcombe, and on Christmas Day 1876 he presented her with a love gift of a golden…
Wild Oscar Wild,Oscar Wild
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This edition of Wilde’s verse presents the full range of his achievement as a poet: the haunting elegy to his young sister; the religious drama of his romance with Rome…
A beautifully illustrated retelling of Oscar Wilde’s classic story.
A new edition of Oscar Wilde's witty and radical major plays that elegantly challenge Victorian conceptions of social propriety. It contains an accessible and comprehensive new introduction that positions the…
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSH Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous…
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Dorian Gray gives his soul for eternal youth. While his portrait changes hideously, reflecting his crimes and corruption, he remains outwardly flawless. This new edition uses the 1891 expanded text…
Includes The Portrait of Mr W H , Wilde’s defence of Dorian Gray, reviews, and the writings from Intentions (1891): The Decay of Lying , Pen, Pencil, Poison , and…
Includes plays such as Lady Windermere’s Fan , Salome , A Woman of No Importance , An Ideal Husband , A Florentine Tragedy and The Importance of Being Earnest .
Enthralled by Dorian Gray’ own exquisite portrait, he exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double…
Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde’s name as a writer of fiction, showing skill in a…
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty.
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Wilde
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in…
Oscar Wilde, Lady Wilde
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Oscar, Wilde
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable…
Essays and Lectures
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HISTORICAL criticism nowhere occurs as an isolated fact in the civilisation or literature of any people. It is part of that complex working towards…
Oscar Wilde, best known for his acerbic, witty plays and urbane nonfiction, was also a master of the fairy tale. This volume brings together all of Wilde’s tales from his…
A collection of stories that shine with poetry and magic which is suitable for children young and old.
Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child
Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition…
Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories explore timeless themes of good and evil, freedom and responsibility, love and death, beauty and self-sacrifice. This beautiful collectors’ edition with original watercolour illustrations and decorative…
The Importance of Being Earnest is both Oscar Wilde's most important and funniest play. As the subtitle suggests there is more to this play than its farcical nature suggests. Wilde…
