The Complete Short Stories by Oscar Wilde

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These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost,' and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in 'The Model Millionaire,' while 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. The complete short stories of the masterful Irish writerįairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners-the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Print Complete Short Fiction (Oscar Wilde) Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost,' and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in 'The Model Millionaire,' while 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. About the Book Complete texts of The Happy Prince and Other Tales, A House of Pomegranates, Lord Arthur Saviles Crime and Other Stories, Poems in Prose.

Print Complete Short Fiction (Oscar Wilde)

The Complete Short Stories by Oscar Wilde