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The Complete Short Stories
Oscar Wilde
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Description for The Complete Short Stories
Paperback. Wilde's short fiction includes such masterpieces as 'The Happy Prince', 'The Selfish Giant', 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', as well as the daring narrative experiments of 'The Portrait of Mr. W. H.' and 'Poems in Prose'. This edition shows how they continue to the enthral and challenge the reader. Editor(s): Sloan, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
'Wilde did not converse - he told tales.' Oscar Wilde was already famous as a brilliant wit and raconteur when he first began to publish his short stories in the late 1880s. They have never lacked readers and admirers, George Orwell and W. B. Yeats among them. The stories give free rein to Wilde's originality, literary skill, and sophistication. They include poignant fairy-tales such as 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Selfish Giant', and the extravagant comedy and social observation of 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost'. They also encompass the daring narrative experiments of 'The Portrait ... Read more
'Wilde did not converse - he told tales.' Oscar Wilde was already famous as a brilliant wit and raconteur when he first began to publish his short stories in the late 1880s. They have never lacked readers and admirers, George Orwell and W. B. Yeats among them. The stories give free rein to Wilde's originality, literary skill, and sophistication. They include poignant fairy-tales such as 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Selfish Giant', and the extravagant comedy and social observation of 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost'. They also encompass the daring narrative experiments of 'The Portrait ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199535064
SKU
9780199535064
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Reviews for The Complete Short Stories
I defy anyone to read them and be unmoved.
Emily Labram, The Observer
Emily Labram, The Observer