Oscar Wilde: 993 books

In 'The Fisherman and his Soul', a young Fisherman finds a Mermaid and wants nothing more than to marry her, but he cannot, for one cannot live underwater if one has a soul. He goes to his priest, but the priest tells him his soul is his most precious possession, and the soulless mermen are lost....

It was the night before the day fixed for his coronation, and the young King was sitting alone in his beautiful chamber. His courtiers had all taken their leave of him, bowing their heads to the ground, according to the ceremonious usage of the day, and had retired to the Great Hall of the Palace,...

»Schwalbe, Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe,« sagte der Prinz, »willst du nicht eine Nacht bei mir bleiben und mein Bote sein? Der Knabe ist so durstig und seine Mutter so traurig.« »Ich liebe eigentlich Knaben nicht,« antwortete die Schwalbe. »Letzten Sommer, als ich mich an dem Flusse aufhielt,...

Once upon a time there was a statue of the man, which was covered by gold, and sapphires were instead his eyes. He had a sword in his arms, which was decorated by rubies. The statue was a monument for a prince who freely lived in a local palace. The people of that town loved the statue and were very...

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"As to my personal attitude towards criticism, I confess in brief the following: "If my works are good and of any importance whatever for the further development of art, they will maintain their place in spite of all adverse criticism and in spite of all hateful suspicions attached to my...

Erleben Sie die Märchen und Sagen aus aller Welt in dieser Serie "Märchen der Welt". Von den Ländern Europas über die Kontinente bis zu vergangenen Kulturen und noch heute existierenden Völkern: "Märchen der Welt" bietet Ihnen stundenlange Abwechslung. Ein Auszug aus dem...

A young man known as Guido is set upon revenge, planning to murder the duke of Padua, who murdered Guido's father years before. However, Guido soon finds that he has fallen in love with the duke's wife, the duchess of Padua , and their romance complicates Guido's intentions.

High above the city, on a tall column, stands the statue of the Happy Prince. He is gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he has two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glows on his sword-hilt. He is very much admired by the town officials yet a lot of poor people suffer here. One...

Être entraîné à la dérive de toute passion jusqu’à ce que mon âme devienne un luth aux cordes tendues dont peuvent jouer tous les vents, c’est pour cela que j’ai renoncé à mon antique sagesse, à l’austère maîtrise de moi-même. A ce qu’il me semble, ma vie est un parchemin...

Hughie Erskine is in love and wants to marry, but the girl's father will not allow it, since Erskine has no money. Erskine's friend Alan Trevor is a painter, and he visits him at his studio one day to find him with a pitiable beggar — the model for his painting. Erskine only has one coin, on which...

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn. From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags...

— Bénissez-moi, mon père, car j’ai péché. Le prêtre tressaillit. Il était las d’esprit et de corps. Son âme était triste, son cœur était gros depuis qu’il s’était assis dans la terrible solitude du confessionnal où il écoutait toujours la même assommante...

Un après-midi, j’étais assis à la terrasse du café de la Paix, contemplant la splendeur et les dessous de la vie parisienne. Tout en prenant mon vermouth, j’étudiais avec curiosité l’étrange panorama où l’orgueil et la pauvreté...