by Oscar Wilde This is one of those Classic stories I've meant to read for years and have finally got to it. Oscar Wilde comes from an era when characters were written bigger than life, even when they are dead. Many clichés of ghost story writing, like blood stains that reappear after being cleane...
I truly love the idea of this novel for being so simple and so complicated at the same time. The downfall of the young aristocrat Dorian Gray ultimately shows that the combination of good looks, infinite money and bad friends can be fatal.Does anyone remember the (really not so good) movie Hollow Ma...
This short-story by Oscar Wilde was charming and not in the least bit scary. I will say, however, that it’s amongst one of my least favourite works of his. The ending made me smile, though, and elevated it for me. It’s likely that most people have read this or heard a lot about it, so I won’t go i...
DESCRIPTION: "Oscar Wilde was already famous as a brilliant wit and raconteur when he first began to publish his short stories in the late 1880s. Admired by George Orwell and W. B. Yeats, the stories include poignant fairy-tales such as "The Happy Prince" and "The Selfish Giant," the extravagant com...
Una lettura dolcissima e piena di buoni sentimenti. La storia facente parte di una serie scritta da più autori ci porta in una cittadina dove regnano l'amore e le coccole, una cittadina fatata in cui shifter, umani, streghe e maghi vivono in pace ed armonia aiutandosi e supportandosi. Viste le preme...
Anne Perry: A Christmas Guest The third book in Anne Perry's series of Christmas novellas, each one of which has as their protagonist one of the supporting characters from Perry's main series (William Monk, and Charlotte & Thomas Pitt). This installment's starring role goes to Charlotte Pitt's vin...
It´s a short play, so I`m not going to give a synopsis of the book. Besides, the story is completely bonkers and I wouldn´t even know where to begin in explaining the plot. However, what I´m going to tell you is that this play is utterly delightful. The dialogue is amazing, Lady Bracknell is a ho...
Before I go into why I loved this book, I should make clear that I have not read the entire correspondence that is contained in this book - this is a 1230-page volume! I have mostly browsed correspondence and opened the book at random to read whatever letter such method revealed to me. However, ther...
I have never read this one before now. I knew the bare bones of the story due to my high school English class having excerpts of the story. I guess I never wanted to read about a murdering guy who was too beautiful to live. Though I found parts of the story compelling, I found myself getting bored h...
I was quite excited when I started this book. I've always enjoyed Oscar Wilde's plays and Stephen Fry seemed the perfect narrator for his work. I'd expected a few hours of entertainment and stimulation but I was very disappointed with what I heard. Stephen Fry's performance is first-rate. Withou...
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