Oscar Wilde

The Canterville Ghost By Oscar Wilde. "The Canterville Ghost" is a short story by Oscar Wilde, widely adapted for the screen and stage. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March 1887. The story is about a family who moves to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead nobleman, who killed his wife and was starved to death by his wife's brothers.

The Happy Prince, and Other Tales By Oscar Wilde

El retrato de Dorian Gray o El cuadro de Dorian Gray es una novela escrita por el autor irland s Oscar Wilde. Charlando en el jard n de Basil, Dorian conoce a un amigo de Basil y empieza a cautivarse por la visi n del mundo de Lord Henry. Exponiendo un nuevo tipo de hedonismo, Lord Henry indica que lo nico que vale la pena en la vida es la belleza, y la satisfacci n de los sentidos. Al darse cuenta de que un d a su belleza se desvanecer , Dorian desea tener siempre la edad de cuando Basil le pint en el cuadro. Mientras l mantiene para siempre la misma apariencia del cuadro, la figura retratada envejece por l. Su b squeda del placer lo lleva a una serie de actos de lujuria; pero el retrato sirve como un recordatorio de los efectos de su alma, con cada pecado la figura se va desfigurando y envejeciendo.

The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories, "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". It is most famous for its title story, "The Happy Prince"

'My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's' Lady Windermere has a happy marriage - or, at least, that's what she believes until one of London society's gossips, the Duchess of Berwick, arrives with her daughter to voice her suspicions about an affair Lord Windermere appears to be having. It's not just the Duchess who has evidence, however. Windermere's private bank book shows that he's been giving large sums of money to a 'Mrs Erlynne' - on frequent occasions - and he himself even admits to seeing much of the woman. To add insult to injury, Windermere insists that Mrs Erlynne is invited to the ball that is being held for Lady Windermere's birthday. Employing the witty dialogue, social satire and outrageous paradox for which he is still remembered, Wilde's play shows us the destructiveness of gossip and superficial judgement, examines the ambiguous sexual morality and gender politics at the heart of the British ruling class, while simultaneously challenging our perceptions of what constitutes a 'good woman'. This student edition contains a fully annotated version of the playtext. The introduction includes an account of Wilde's life and a detailed analysis of Lady Windermere's Fan as well as its stage history. Ian Small is Professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of a number of critical studies on Wilde and has edited several of Wilde's works, including a scholarly edition of Wilde's second society comedy, A Woman of No Importance, also published in the New Mermaids series.

Excerpt from Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman Act I M ornz'ng room in Lord Wz'ndermere's nonse. Drawz'ng room in Lord Wz'ndermere's noase. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Se dice que la tormenta de nieve de aquella noche era importante, pero no impidi que se llenara la sala donde se representaba por primera vez esta divertidisima comedia de Oscar Wilde. Era el 14 de Febrero de 1895 y Wilde estaba a punto de perder su felicidad. La gente se divert a con la seriedad del mayordomo Neal, con el af n de "bunburizar" de los protagonistas y la absurda seriedad que manifestaba acerca de los m s triviales asuntos los personajes femeninos.

Es una parodia de los relatos de terror en la que un embajador americano Hiram B. Otis se traslada con su familia a un castillo encantado en Inglaterra. Lord Canterville, due o anterior del castillo, le avisa de que el fantasma de Sir Simon de Canterville pulula por el castillo desde que este asesin a su esposa Lady Eleonore de Canterville. Pero el Sr. Otis desoye sus advertencias. As , la familia americana de mister Hiriam B. habitan en la mansi n, burl ndose constantemente del fantasma debido a la indiferencia de estos ante los sucesos paranormales.

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of whimisical short stories by Oscar Wilde. This collections includes the following tales: The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and his Soul, and The Star-child. Readers of all ages will be delighted by these fanciful tales.