Oscar Wilde: 993 books

Il rapporto che legò Oscar Wilde al giovane Alfred Douglas è forse fra le vicende sentimentali più note nella storia della letteratura. Pochi però ne conoscono i retroscena così come sono rivelati da queste lettere. Spogliata dall’eco dello scandalo, questa storia ci appare qui nella giusta...

Three of Wilde’s short stories adapted into enchanting plays for young children. The Selfish Giant chases away spring and summer, leaving the garden in a permanent winter. Only when the giant realises his selfishness and opens his garden to the local children does the summer return bringing...

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"The Canterville Ghost" is a popular short story by Oscar Wilde, widely adapted for the screen and stage. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in the magazine The Court and Society Review in February 1887. It was later included in a collection of short stories entitled...

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...

Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray ist der einzige Roman des irischen Schriftstellers Oscar Wilde. Der Roman gilt als Oscar Wildes Prosahauptwerk. Themen sind die Moralität von Sinnlichkeit und Hedonismus im Viktorianismus und die Dekadenz der englischen Oberschicht. - The Picture of Dorian Gray is the...

BELLO E TENEBROSO COME UN CAPITOLO DELL’APOCALISSE Pierre Loti Questa edizione contiene la traduzione in italiano, il testo originale francese e le illustrazioni di Aubrey Beardsley **Cette édition contient la traduction italienne, le texte original en français et et les illustrations de **Aubrey...

Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an extremely popular Irish writer and poet who wrote in different forms throughout his career and became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the strange circumstances of...

The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde, a comedy of manners on the seriousness of society in either three or four acts (depending on edition) inspired by W. S. Gilbert's Engaged. It was first performed for the public on February 14, 1895 at the St. James's Theatre in London....

Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something...

Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an extremely popular Irish writer and poet who wrote in different forms throughout his career and became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the strange circumstances of his...

Il ritratto di Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray) è un romanzo di Oscar Wilde. Nell'aprile 1891 Wilde fece stampare in volume il romanzo, unendovi la propria prefazione. Per esigenze puramente commerciali, legate al gusto dell'epoca fine ottocentesca, l'autore revisionò il proprio romanzo...

De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is an epistle written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas. During its first half Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which eventually led to Wilde's conviction and imprisonment...

La commedia più celebre e brillante di Oscar Wilde qui si fa fumetto, adottando e facendo propria la tradizionale scansione in quattro tempi delle gag tipica delle grandi strisce umoristiche americane. Ogni quattro vignette, striscia dopo striscia, il lettore verrà accompagnato verso lo scioglimento...