The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde
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Binding: Paperback
1040 pages
Publisher: Wordsworth
Language: English
Level: Advance
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Package Dimensions: 6 x 1.3 x 9.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the best-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life. Wilde took London by storm with his plays, particularly his masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest