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Oscar Wilde
A new version of Oscar Wilde's legendary 'trivial comedy for serious people', to coincide with the new run at London's National Theatre.
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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…
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.
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…
The Dover Bookshelf presents Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, in a splendid hardcover collectible. Published in 1891, the tale illuminates the dangers of vanity, hedonism, and…
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…
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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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…
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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…
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Lola Kirke
In this darkly humorous memoir-in-essays, actress and singer-songwriter Lola Kirke untangles an extraordinary upbringing in a family of eccentric, messy artists and explains how a big city girl went a…
R. Eric Tippin
The first full-scale study of the periodical essay between 1880 and 1920.
Collected her in one omnibus edition are Oscar Wilde's most important works including The Importance of Being Earnest The Picture of Dorian Gray Salome Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde The…
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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…
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde contains the following seventeen poems The Ballad Of Reading Gaol Ave Imperatrix To My Wife - With A Copy Of My Poems Magdalen Walks Theocritus…
Despite warnings from Lord Canterville that their new home is haunted and that several family have fled form it in the middle of the night the Otis family chooses to…
"The Canterville Ghost" is a comedic short story written by Oscar Wilde, first published in 1887. Unlike Wilde's better-known plays and novels, such as "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and…
The Happy Prince, and Other Tales" is a collection of fairy tales and short stories written by Oscar Wilde and first published in 1888. The stories are renowned for their…
A truly classic gothic horror novel for the ages. A Picture of Dorian Gray has captivated generations of readers with its ethical and artistic questions. What are the true costs…
First published in 1898, The Importance of Being Furnest is a play written by Oscar Wilde that takes place during the Victorian Era. It is a classic comedy of manners…
Vera; Or, The Nihilists, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts…
A Critic in Pall Mall is an Oscar Wilde literary criticism text that examines the works of English literary giants. The Oscar Wilde book includes these literary studies: The tomb…
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Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. The Happy Prince and Other Stories is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde…
Salome tells 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…
The Happy Prince and Other Stories is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde. The Happy Prince is the story of a metal statue who befriends a migratory…
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 it's farcical nature suggests. Wilde…
In The Soul of Man under Socialism Oscar Wilde expounds on an anarchist world view. Wilde argues that under capitalism the majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy…
The Canterville Ghost is a delightful and humorous novella by Oscar Wilde that blends elements of comedy and the supernatural. Set in the English countryside, the story revolves around the…
