Oscar Wilde

In this Oscar Wilde's entire three-act play presented as a full color graphic novel, two young gentlemen living in 1890's England use imaginary friends to inject some excitement into their seemingly dull lives. Jack Worthing invents a brother, "Ernest," whom he pretends to be in order to visit his beloved Gwendolen in the city. Meanwhile, friend Algy Moncrieff uses the name "Ernest" while visiting Jack's beautiful young ward, Cecily in the country. Much confusion ensues as the two women find out they have been deceived by their "Ernests." Some would call this a society comedy; others, a Victorian farce. Regardless of the term used, this full color graphic novel captures the era effortlessly. With an intricate attention to detail, wonderful characterization and dramatically expressive and humorous artwork, this really is a graphic novel to cherish.

A Florentine Tragedy/ For Love of the King is a compilation of two classic works by the great Irish humorist, Oscar Wilde. A Florentine Tragedy is a fragment of a never-completed play by Oscar Wilde. The subject concerns Simone, a wealthy 16th-century Florentine merchant who finds his wife Bianca in the arms of a local prince, Guido Bardi. For the Love of the King is a very interesting and richly coloured masque or pantomimic play which is here printed in book form for the first time, was invented sometime in 1894 or possibly a little earlier.

A Critic in Pall Mall is a classic collection of Oscar Wilde essays and excepts about literary history and criticism which includes the following titles: The tomb of Keats -- Keats's Sonnet on blue -- Dinners and dishes -- Shakespeare on scenery -- 'Henry the Fourth' at Oxford -- A handbook to marriage -- To read or not to read -- The letters of a great woman -- B ranger in England -- The poetry of the people -- 'The Cenci' -- Balzac in English -- Ben Jonson -- Mr. Symonds' history of the Renaissance -- Mr. Morris's 'Odyssey' -- Russian novelists -- Mr. Pater's 'Imaginary portraits' -- A German princess -- 'A village tragedy' -- Mr. Morris's completion of the 'Odyssey' -- Mrs. Somerville -- Aristotle at afternoon tea -- Early Christian art in Ireland -- Madame Ristori -- English poetesses -- Venus or Victory -- M. Caro on George Sand -- A fascinating book -- Henley's poems -- Some literary ladies -- Poetry and prison -- The gospel according to Walt Whitman -- Irish fairy tales -- Mr. W. B. Yeats -- Mr. Yeats's 'Wanderings of Oisin' -- Mr. William Morris's last book -- Some literary notes -- Mr. Swinburne's 'Poems and ballads' (third series) -- A Chinese sage -- Mr. Pater's 'Appreciations' -- Sententiae.

? Ah! du ville inte låta mig kyssa din mun, Iokanaan. Då skall jag kyssa den nu. Jag skall bita den med mina tänder så som man biter i en mogen frukt. Ja, jag skall kyssa din mun, Iokanaan. Jag sade ju det, inte sant? Jag sade ju det? Då skall jag kyssa den, nu.? Detta är en unik, trespråkig utgåva av Oscar Wildes pjäs Salome. Den innehåller den franska originaltexten, den första översättningen till engelska komplett med Aubrey Beardsleys illustrationer, samt Hillevi Hellbergs nyöversättning till svenska. Texten föregås av ett initierat förord av Cecilia Carlander och är utförligt försedd med kommentarer av översättaren.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in 1890. A substantially revised and expanded edition was published in April 1891. For the new edition, Wilde revised the content of the novel's existing chapters, divided the final chapter into two chapters, and created six entirely new additional chapters. Whereas the original edition of the novel contains 13 chapters, the revised edition of the novel contains 20 chapters. The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Dorian is selected for his remarkable physical beauty, and Basil becomes strongly infatuated with Dorian, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode of art. Talking in Basil's garden, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new kind of hedonism, Lord Henry suggests that the only thing worth pursuing in life is beauty, and the fulfillment of the senses. Realising that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian cries out, wishing that the portrait Basil has painted of him would age rather than himself. Dorian's wish is fulfilled, subsequently plunging him into a sequence of debauched acts. The portrait serves as a reminder of the effect each act has upon his soul, each sin being displayed as a new sign of aging on the portrait. The Picture of Dorian Gray is considered one of the last works of classic gothic horror fiction with a strong Faustian theme. It deals with the artistic movement of the decadents, and homosexuality, both of which caused some controversy when the book was first published. However, in modern times, the book has been referred to as "one of the modern classics of Western literature.

A farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious person to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, is the only novel written by the playwright Oscar Wilde. Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist who is impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian