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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Paperback)
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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Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pub. in: September, 1989
ISBN: 006096393X
Pages: 1216
Measurements: 7.9 x 5.4 x 2.1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00770
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0060963934
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A number of literary treasures chronicling the rise and fall of great poet and playwright Oscar Wilde have recently been donated to the University of Leeds, one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom. Wilde's works (short stories, plays and poems) has been translated into multitude languages, inspiring millions of kids and adults today. |
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If you believe literature's main purpose in existence is to induce pleasure, you could probably never find a better writer than Oscar Wilde.
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.
(From quoting Pat Ghastly, USA)
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Born in Ireland in 1856, Oscar Wilde was a noted essayist, playwright, fairy tale writer and poet, as well as an early leader of the Aesthetic Movement. His plays include: An Ideal Husband, Salome, A Woman of No Importance, and Lady Windermere's Fan. Among his best known stories are The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Canterville Ghost.
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A unique one-volume anthology which includes all of Wilde's stories, plays, and poems. It also features a large portion of his essays and letters and an introduction by Wilde's son, Vyvyan Holland.
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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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