Lady Windermere misinterprets her husband's interest in an older woman, Mrs. Erlynne, causing a rift that could lead to both marital and societal ruin. Lady Windermere's Fan Is an intriguing tale that examines intention versus outcome in a world driven by perception. Lady Windermere is a young wife who's concerned by her husband's connection to the mysterious, Mrs. Erlynne. She believes the woman is a threat to her marriage and livelihood. Despite...

"Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Earnest, while Algernon has also posed as Earnest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekend--the "rivals" to fight for Earnest's undivided attention and the "Earnests" to claim their beloveds--pandemonium breaks loose"--P. [4] of cover.

A beautiful, golden, jewel-studded statue and a little swallow give all they have to help the poor.

El artista es el creador de cosas bellas, dice Oscar Wilde, en aquella suerte de declaración de principios que acompaña las primeras páginas de su famosa novela El retrato de Dorian Gray. Quizás no hay mejor muestra de la belleza que él mismo pretendió a lo largo de su vida y obra, que en los cuentos seleccionados por Editorial Universitaria para esta edición. Magia, encanto, amor y dolor, gracia y vuelo poético, en fin, todos los elementos...

"The Happy Prince and Other Stories" is a collection of whimsical, fantastical, and deeply moral tales by Oscar Wilde, the renowned nineteenth century Irish poet and playwright. Though best known for his plays and the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray", Wilde was an accomplished and talented author of children's stories and fairy tales. This collection includes many of his most enduring short stories: the sad and beautiful "The Happy Prince", where...

Originally published in 1898, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" is a poem written by Oscar Wilde. Composed after his release from the titular prison whilst he was in exile in Berneval-le-Grand, the poem deals with the hanging at Reading Goal of Charles Thomas Wooldridge, a 30-year-old man who was imprisoned for cutting his wife's throat. Within the poem, Wilde narrates the execution in full and explores the brutal nature of the punishment that all inmates...

Including the poems, novels, plays, essays, fairy tales and dialogues

Nine tales include "The Remarkable Rocket," "The Nightingale and the Rose," and "The Selfish Giant."

A painter, Basil Hallward, paints a most exquisite portrait of his muse, the handsome young man named Dorian Gray. During the last session of painting, Dorian, who has until this point been completely innocent both of his beauty and of the world, meets Basilś friend Lord Henry Wotton, who opens his eyes to the ephemeral nature of his own beauty and tells him that he should experience life to the fullest.

A collection of writings by Wilde including the story of a youth of exceptional beauty gets his wish to remain untouched by the passage of time when it is arranged that his portrait will age in his place.