Oscar Wilde: 993 books

El retrato de Dorian Gray (original en inglés: The Picture of Dorian Gray) es una novela que escribió el autor irlandés Oscar Wilde, publicada en el Lippincott's Monthly Magazine el 20 de junio de 1890. Posteriormente, Wilde revisaría la obra, haría varias modificaciones y agregaría nuevos capítulos....

Published in 1899, An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde was first presented on stage in 1895. It is a social comedy that satirizes the hypocritical attitudes of people. Revolving around corruption and blackmail, the theme of the play is that there are no completely pure and pious people. Everyone commits...

Originally published in 1891 Oscar Wilde's Intentions is a collection of literary essays that present his views on art and criticism. Wilde’s aesthetic philosophy and his commentaries on art literature criticism and society asserts the philosophy of 'art for art's sake': art is an end in itself and literature does not need to convey didactic lessons to be valuable.

Vera (1880) by Oscar Wilde is a tragic play that is bound to touch your heart. The story revolves around Vera and Alexis, two Nihilists, who love each other. Like others of their group, their mission is to start a revolution in order to bring democracy. Vera's greatness of spirit is evident when...

The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories, "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant",...

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1891) is a satirical crime story by Oscar Wilde that satirizes the upper classes of late Victorian England. Lord Arthur Savile is engaged to the lovely Sybil Merton, but a chiromantist reads Arthur Savile's palm and tells him that, in future, he will commit a murder....

Published in 1913, Essays and Lectures by Oscar Wilde presents the array of ideas held by the author. Expressing his views on the development of art and literature in Europe, he also discusses American trends in a detailed manner. The collection touches on the history of art in England under the influence...

A Selection is an anthology of the works of Oscar Wilde that contains his poetry plays poems in prose and prose works. The poems include Ravenna (1878) an early work about the ancient Italian city and The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898) which deals with death penalty. The Canterville Ghost (1887) is a...

Reviews (1908) is a volume of critical and literary views and reviews of Oscar Wilde about various subjects and writers. These reviews, illustrating the middle period of the writer's maturing career, between the aesthetic period and the production of Lady Windermere's Fan, reveal his opinions...

The Young King, one of the most important works by Oscar Wilde now in an epub3 AudioeBook version based on LibriVox audio and Project Gutenberg texts. Proudly brought to you for free by ReadBeyond

The Birthday Of The Infanta, one of the most important works by Oscar Wilde now in an epub3 AudioeBook version based on LibriVox audio and Project Gutenberg texts. Proudly brought to you for free by ReadBeyond

A collection of poems and sonnets, Charmides and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde was published in 1919. The work includes narrative poems that at times reflect on his personal experiences and sonnets that are a reflection of the beauty around him. The poems reflect a myriad of emotions.

In this work, Wilde focuses on the utopian side of socialism. His belief that socialism propagates individuality and freedom is asserted here. The work presents an ideal situation that may or may not come true but is exceedingly inspiring!