Select Works of Oscar Wilde (7 vols.)
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Overview
Writing in the height of the aesthetic movement in Europe, Oscar Wilde rose to the pinnacle of popular society on both the strength of his writing’s biting social commentary and his glittering public persona. He is best known for his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray; his satirical black comedies, including The Importance of Being Earnest; and a tumultuous personal life that ended with his death in exile and poverty. This collection gathers a diverse array of Wilde’s work, in addition to his classic novel and beloved comedy. The Happy Prince and Other Fairy Tales collects several short children’s stories. The Tocquevillian Impressions of America is an early lecture on American ethics and aesthetics. And De Profundis is a contemplative epistle written from prison, in which Wilde expresses regret over a formerly lavish lifestyle and meditates on his spiritual development.
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Key Features
- Includes classic works from the English language’s foremost representative of aestheticism
- Selects diverse works from throughout Wilde’s career
- Provides insights into Wilde’s tumultuous personal life through Alfred Douglas’ autobiographical volume, Oscar Wilde and Myself
Product Details
- Title: Select Works of Oscar Wilde
- Volumes: 7
- Pages: 1,542
About Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) is the foremost representative of aestheticism in English literature. Born in Dublin, the son of Anglo-Irish intellectuals, Wilde became fluent in French and German as a child and went on to study classics at Oxford. In his early career, Wilde worked in London as a prolific journalist, lectured, and published poetry. He quickly became a well-known public personality. He published his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, in 1890, and in the early 1890s went on to write several plays featuring the biting high-society satire that brought him to the apex of his fame. In 1895, 15 weeks after the premier of his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde was convicted of sodomy and gross indecency. He spent two years in prison, where he wrote the pensive De Profundis. Wilde died of viral meningitis three years after his release, exiled and destitute.
Reviews
2 ratings
Denver Race
11/14/2014
Allen Bingham
6/18/2014
DanielReid
5/13/2014
Sadly this collection does not contain my favourite of his plays, "A Woman of No Importance", which, although not as witty as "The Importance of Being Earnest", nevertheless reflects on redeeming from past sins and love
