Oscar Wilde
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Britain's most popular nineteenth century playwright Oscar Wilde was born in Ireland in 1854. He dabbled in several different forms of writing, as is exemplified in his best known work, the novel entitled "The Picture of Dorian Gray." He also wrote in the form of short fiction stories, like "The Canterville Ghost." In this tale, a family of proud Americans come into possession of a historic English mansion. However, the mansion is haunted by murderous...
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Immerse yourself in the world of Oscar Wilde with the collection: "The Plays of Oscar Wilde." Containing all of Wilde's plays, this collection is a must-have for every bookshelf. Oscar Wilde was born in mid-1800's Dublin to highly intellectual parents. He found a niche in the growing trend of aestheticism and was mentored by Walter Pater and John Ruskin. Although he dabbled in short stories and poems at the beginning of his career, Wilde was taken...
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"The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays" brings together Oscar Wilde's most popular plays which first appeared between 1891 and 1895. Despite his relatively short theatrical career, Wilde's plays have enjoyed a sustained popularity. A classic satire of Victorian society, "The Importance of Being Earnest" is one of the author's most frequently performed works. The play trivializes its characters, who through a series of deceptions pretend...
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Oscar Wilde's play Salome is a twist on the execution of John the Baptist, fuelled by motives of lust and slaughter. Wilde's interpretation is deeply rooted in the Biblical story of Salome's dance to please Herod and her mother's plea for John the Baptist's head. Wilde's twist on the biblical story focuses on the personality of Salome and the hypersexual implications.
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Wilde es un fabulador fascinante, que posee el don de contar y de envolver al lector en sus atrayentes redes verbales. Su capacidad de invencion era prodigiosa, muy especialmente en los cuentos, que siempre los concibio como un genero con grandes posibilidades artisticas. En este volumen se recogen todos los textos de Wilde que hoy clasificamos como de caracter narrativo: Poemas en prosa, El principe feliz y otros cuentos, Una casa de granadas, El...
16) The happy prince
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Shearring's interpretation of Oscar Wilde's classic tale and illustrations offer a fresh and lively take on this story.
18) The happy prince
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A beautiful, golden, jewel-studded statue and a little swallow give all they have to help the poor.
19) Salome
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An operatic setting of the biblical story of the princess Salome and the events that led to the death of John the Baptist.
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