A pivotal figure in nineteenth-century literature, Oscar Wilde was a multitalented and multifaceted writer. His large and diverse body of work includes immensely popular stage plays that made him the most celebrated playwright of his day, the highly regarded novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, several collections of exquisitely crafted short fiction, critical essays that influenced how the world looks at art, and elegant verse.
This leatherbound omnibus edition of Wilde's writing collects the full contents of his short-fiction collection 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories', and his two collections of fairy tales for young readers, 'The Happy Prince and Other Tales' and 'A House of Pomegranates'. Also included is The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel that scandalised Victorian England when it was published in 1891, and that has since been acknowledged as a brilliant commentary on art and the society depicted in it.
The volume concludes with all nine stage plays that Wilde finished in his lifetime — among them the masterpieces of wit and comedy, 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and 'An Ideal Husband', and the florid chamber dramas 'Salome' and 'La Sainte Courtisane'.
- ISBN13 9781435139435
- Publish Date 1 May 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 20 January 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Barnes & Noble Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 848
- Language English