The Complete Short Fiction (Penguin Classics)
by:
Ian Small (author)
Oscar Wilde (author)
Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's...
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Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in 'The Model Millionaire', while 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B002RI9S4M
Publish date: February 27th 2003
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 324
Edition language: English
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...
ChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingA Note on the TextsThe Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888)--The Happy Prince--The Nightingale and the Rose--The Selfish Giant--The Devoted Friend--The Remarkable Rocket--The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (1889)A House of Pomegranates (1891)--The Young King--The Birthday ...
ChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingA Note on the TextsThe Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888)--The Happy Prince--The Nightingale and the Rose--The Selfish Giant--The Devoted Friend--The Remarkable Rocket--The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (1889)A House of Pomegranates (1891)--The Young King--The Birthday ...
Not what I was expecting. A few of the stories demonstrated the social commentary I was expecting, but on the whole the stories were more Aesop than Saki.Beautiful writing, and interesting if one is a fan or scholar of Wilde, but a bit of an odd hodgepodge.
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