Oscar Wilde: 993 books

De Profundis is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment. In the letter Wilde considers events leading to his conviction and discusses his spiritual development in prison and identification with Jesus Christ, whom he characterises as a romantic, individualist artist.

Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it is a biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, particularly...

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of three days. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes,...

Outraged by the sexual perversity of this one-act tragedy, Great Britain's Lord Chamberlain banned Salomé from the national stage. Symbolist poets and writers — Stéphane Mallarmé and Maurice Maeterlinck among them — defended the play's literary brilliance. Beyond its notoriety, the drama's...

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is Oscar Wilde's classic tale of the moral decline of its title character, Dorian Gray. When Dorian has his portrait painted by Basil Hallward and wishes that he would stay young while his picture changes, his wish comes true. In exchange for this Dorian gives...

Tout le monde connaît le chef-d'œuvre d'Oscar Wilde tel qu'il a été publié en volume en 1891. Cette version diffère considérablement du manuscrit qu’il avait soumis quelques mois plus tôt au Lippincott's Magazine où le roman devait paraître en prépublication. Le directeur, par pruderie,...

Jack Worthing et Algernon Moncrieff, deux jeunes dandies du Londres de la fin du XIXe siècle, se sont inventé un parent et un ami fictif, bien commode pour échapper aux obligations sociales. Pour Jack, c'est Constant, frère débauché qui lui permet de fuir la campagne ; pour Algernon, c'est Bunbury,...

Das romantische Märchen von Oskar Wilde in der englischen und der deutschen Fassung. Die einfache Sprache, die Oscar Wilde im Original für die schön erzählte Geschichte gewählt hat, eignet sich ausgezeichnet, um durch Lesen vorhandene Sprachkenntnisse zu festigen. Aus dem Englischen neu übersetzt von Caroline von Oldenburg.

Artist Basil Hallward has sent a gift. A portrait that perfectly captures young Dorian Gray's handsome features. When Lord Henry tempts Dorian with a new lifestyle of hedonism and pleasure, he realizes that he would sell his soul for an eternity of debauchery. Oscar Wilde's only published novel, The...

Se esiste un ambito nel quale il talento di Oscar Wilde toccava vertici assoluti fino a superare sé stesso, era quello per la frase ad effetto. E questa strepitosa raccolta di aforismi è una lettura deliziosa, gustosa, saporita come solo chi è capace di manipolare la parola in maniera magistrale...

Oscar Wilde pubblicò Il ritratto di Dorian Gray nel 1891. il romanzo, simbolo del decadentismo, fu accolto dalla critica vittoriana con scandalo e furiose polemiche. La storia narra la vicenda del bellissimo Dorian che ottiene di conservare intatte gioventù e avvenenza, nonostante le mille dissolutezze...

A spiegare il successo duraturo di questo libro non bastano né il talento letterario né le qualità istrionesche di quell’irriducibile eccentrico che fu Oscar Wilde. La popolarità del romanzo – che la società letteraria accolse al suo apparire, nel 1891, con sufficienza e disapprovazione –...

Oscar Wilde demuestra una vez más su maestría en las letras, esta vez a través de cinco relatos infantiles, publicados por primera vez en 1888. Relatos que se han convertido ya en historias universales como “El gigante egoísta” o “El ruiseñor y la rosa”. Y como Wilde decía: "Los...

En 1893, el editor británico Leonard Smithers publicaba por primera vez en Londres Teleny or The Reverse of the Medal, en dos volúmenes y sin nombre de autor. La polémica sobre la verdadera autoría de la obra no quedaría zanjada hasta 1958, cuando el experto wildeano Maurice Girodias publica...