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Wilde suggests to us that society is wrong, not him. It is most famous for the happy prince, the short tale of a metal statue who befriends a migratory bird. Browse oscar wildes bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. The oscar wilde collection audiobook original recording. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. This is a bibliography of works by oscar wilde, a latevictorian irish writer. Aug 04, 2003 continuously in print since 1948, the collins complete works of oscar wilde has long been recognised as the most comprehensive and authoritative singlevolume collection of wildes texts available, containing his only novel, the portrait of dorian gray, as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters, all in their most authoritative. Calling on diverse examples from ancient greek sculpture to contemporary paintings oscar wildes brilliant essay creates a witty, paradoxical world in which the only art worth loving is that built on complete untruths. The happy prince and other tales by oscar wilde free at. It is a carefully cultivated image that wilde developed. Oscar wilde books list of books by author oscar wilde.
Wildes literary reputation has survived so much that i think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would have preferred to forget. Nov 01, 2009 listen to importance of being earnest audiobook by oscar wilde. Oscar fingal oflahertie wills wilde was born in 1854 in dublin. Oscar wilde, first edition abebooks passion for books. This is an incomplete list of music based on the works of oscar wilde.
Turns out the book doesnt have any of wildes plays, only the picture of dorian gray and a house of pomegranates. Oscar wilde said of his story the happy prince that it was an attempt to treat a tragic modern problem in a form that aims at delicacy romantic poetry collection 001 read by librivox volunteers. This audio also includes a chilling dramatization of wildes sole novel. Particularly noteworthy is the ballad of reading gaol, the verse he composed about his imprisonment.
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