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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (平装)
by Oscar Wilde
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As Oscar Wilde once said Art is for art's sake, this unique one-volume anthology goes on as a eternal journey of youth and beauty. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
Whoa! I was totally unfamiliar with the works of Oscar Wilde, until I bought this one on a friend's recommendation. It's huge, yet incredibly beautiful. Dorian Gray must be one of the greatest stories ever told, his poems are razor-sharp, his letters not less, and every line he comes up with is quotable. If you want to make sure you don't miss a thing, this is the book to get (and try his biography, especially the part about the trial).
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
This novel is a turbulant explanation of the ruined life of a man who has escaped any physical ramifications of sin. Dorian Gray's body and face go untouched by the nightmarish double-life he leads, while his portrait is changed by every wrong. The main question I had after reading it was whether someone would feel emotionally the effects of sin if he didn't feel them physically. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is young or remembers being so, for this work explores the wonders and miseries of youth.
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Pat Ghastly (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
All his plays are absolute delights from start to finish, even the ones that aren't The Importance of Being Earnest. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a fantastic novel and a deserved classic. His poetry's derivative, but not bad by any stretch of the imagination. His stories, essays, letters, collections of epigrams, and other various writings are excellent reading as well, if you don't mind occasional melodrama or other minor missteps.
This is a relatively expensive collection, but one that is well worth it. I don't regret spending a penny. The print's a readable size and, to my somewhat expansive knowledge on Wilde, none of his writings have been omitted or forgotten.
Essential for those who want to enjoy literature while allowing it to expand the mind, but also looking for something deeper than Tuesdays With Morrie or other modern, popular tripe.
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Himeji (MSL quote), Japan
<2007-02-02 00:00>
De Profundis often wavers between being pathetic to be profundly insightful. The idea that it wavers in the realm of patheticness is something Wilde more than readily admits within his writings. What most moved me was his arguement, with substantiating evidence, that Christ was the first individual, and that Christ isn't so concerned with the one's appearance of good or evil as he is with what is within one's spirit. His comments on Jesus come well over mid way through the book (letter), but anyone interested in an interpretation on the nature of Christ well ought to read it. It is the interpretation of someone who is far from gaining anything material as a broker of the name of Christ. I feel more than ever that Jesus' name can be used as that of a friend. I wonder how many people of the 20th century stole his cornucopia of ideas and turned them into theses, or worse, misguided theses. The greatest complaint that I have with wilde is his lack of pursuing an idea or belief or prejudice until it fully argued and rooted in something. His over riding principle of life was being who he was, his ideas were rooted in him, and he was incredibly gifted at showing the truthlessness in so much that is taken as truth. If you're interested in an interprtation of Jesus, weed through, and find the four or five pages he wrote on the importance of Jesus, or if you have lost faith and are wondering where to find it because it seems stolen by the noise and profiteering of life, find those 4 or 5 pages on Jesus and Dante, well worth reading.
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Schwartz (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-02 00:00>
The book that I read had only his short stories in it, so that is what I'm reviewing. Oscar Wilde was born in 1854 in Dublin, Ireland and his name has become synonymous with decadence from that era. But he wrote great short stories, and it's wonderful to have them all here in one volume. Wilde's outlook on life comes through loud and clear in his stories. I enjoyed all the stories, but my particular favourite is "The Portrait of Dorian Grey". This story more than any others depicts in stark reality the effects that a life of debauchery, decadence and evil have on any individual. In it we see Dorian Grey - handsome, charming and fashionable as the world observes him, who apparently remains untouched by the terrible things he does. Only the reader and Dorian himself know that all his sins are written on a portrait of himself that he keeps hidden away. He becomes obsessed with the changes in the portrait, and descends into madness as the story goes on. It's a very powerful story, that I have never forgotten. There are other stories in this book that are equally as entertaining. I recommend the book highly.
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