The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde
Complete texts of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales," "A House of Pomegranates," "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories," "Poems in Prose," and "The Portrait of Mr. W. H."
Complete texts of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales," "A House of Pomegranates," "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories," "Poems in Prose," and "The Portrait of Mr. W. H."
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486452166 (0486452166)
Publish date: September 8th 2006
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 208
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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