Oscar Wilde: 993 books

'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself' Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate...

A town that had a man for breakfast every morning. That's how Tombstone, Arizona was described in the late-1800s, bolstering the myth that a corpse would be found cooling in the town's dusty streets each sunrise. The reality was quite different and much less violent, of course, but that hasn't...

In the library of a country house in Nottinghamshire, Vivian is writing an article about the importance of lying, when he is interrupted by Cyril, who tries to tempt him away, but instead is drawn into a discussion about art, nature, literature and imagination. The Decay of Lying sees Wilde explore his...

'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.' When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, he is captivated by his own beauty. Tempted by his world-weary, decadent friend Lord Henry Wotton, he wishes to stay forever young, and pledges his very soul to keep his good looks. Set in fin-de-siécle...

“(T)he past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.” Published originally as “The Soul of Man Under Socialism,” this is not so much a work of sober political analysis; rather it can be summed up as a rhapsodic manifesto...

The story of the Canterville Ghost was of an old English country house, Canterville Chase, which has all the accoutrements of a traditional haunted house. Descriptions of the wainscoting, the library panelled in black oak, and the armour in the hallway characterize the Gothic setting....

Wilde was both a glittering wordsmith and a social outsider. His drama emerges out of these two perhaps contradictory identities, combining epigrammatic brilliance and shrewd social observation. Includes Lady Windermere's Fan, Salome, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, A Florentine Tragedy...

Publiés en 1904, quatre ans après la mort de leur auteur, ces aphorismes sont l'exact reflet de la pensée et de l'esprit de Wilde. Feu d'artifice de mots d'esprit, ils disent tous les paradoxes d'un écrivain qui n'a rien perdu de son caractère scandaleux.

La grenade, ce fruit généreux, de couleur rouge et aux grains nombreux, eux-mêmes couleur de rubis, apparait de manière récurrente dans les quatre contes de ce recueil. Pour Wilde, ce fruit est le symbole du luxe, de la sensualité et d'un orient fabuleux. Dans ces textes, l'auteur traite les...

Il racconto narra di Savile a cui, in seguito ad un ricevimento offerto da Lady Windermere dove ad alcuni ospiti viene letto il futuro, un chiromante predice una minaccia imminente: egli stesso sarà l'artefice di un omicidio. Lord Arthur, prossimo alle nozze, crede fermamente nella predizione...

Pubblicato nel 1887 sulla rivista 'The Court and Society Review', è probabilmente il racconto più bello, amato e popolare di Wilde. Ironico, sorprendente, ambientato in un castello dell'Inghilterra di fine Ottocento infestato dallo sfortunato fantasma di Sir Simon, costretto a trascorrere tra le...

Este volumen ofrece toda su narrativa breve, pequeñas joyas literarias que él calificaba de estudios en prosa, pensadas tanto para niños como para adultos. Sus primeros relatos (El príncipe feliz, El ruiseñor y la rosa…), con ecos de Andersen, Hoffmann y la tradición popular, son fábulas...

El fantasma de Simon de Canterville era un espectre com cal, dels que espanten i turmenten, fins que els Otis van comprar la mansió de la seva família. Si durant anys i panys havia aconseguit ser respectat i temut pels seus descendents, els nous propietaris Canterville Chase el tractaran de forma...

Selección Doce Uvas ofrece doce pequeños grandes libros cada año. Nace de las numerosas sugerencias de decenas de intelectuales que han propuesto títulos de lectura indispensable. "Todos estamos en la cloaca, pero algunos miramos hacia las estrellas". Este aforismo de Wilde puede ayudar...