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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was born in Dublin, the second son of charismatic parents, his father a surgeon, his mother a poet. Ungainly and awkward as a child, he won an open scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin, and went from there to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took a First in Greats, won the Newdigate Prize for Poetry and announced that 'Somehow or other I'll be famous, and if not famous, notorious'. In London he set about establishing himself as a poet and wit, and when Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera Patience toured the USA in 1882 he was invited to give... Read More
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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings
Format: Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1982
Price: $4.95
Flamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage. Here in one volume are his immensely popular novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray; his last literary work... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1982
Price: $4.95
Flamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage. Here in one volume are his immensely popular novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray; his last literary work... Read more >
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1998
Price: $7.95
Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 1, 1998
Price: $7.95
Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it... Read more >
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Plays of Oscar Wilde
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 12, 1988
Price: $14.95
This Vintage edition of The Plays_of Oscar Wilde contains the plays that made Wilde one of the most important dramatists of his time, including The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the great works of modern literature.
Oscar Wilde's plays demonstrate once again why their author must be seen as both an... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 12, 1988
Price: $14.95
This Vintage edition of The Plays_of Oscar Wilde contains the plays that made Wilde one of the most important dramatists of his time, including The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the great works of modern literature.
Oscar Wilde's plays demonstrate once again why their author must be seen as both an... Read more >
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De Profundis
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2000
Price: $11.95
Written from Wilde's prison cell at Reading Gaol to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas, De Profundis explodes the conventions of the traditional love letter and offers a scathing indictment of Douglas's behavior, a mournful elegy for Wilde's own lost greatness, and an impassioned plea for reconciliation. At once a... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2000
Price: $11.95
Written from Wilde's prison cell at Reading Gaol to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas, De Profundis explodes the conventions of the traditional love letter and offers a scathing indictment of Douglas's behavior, a mournful elegy for Wilde's own lost greatness, and an impassioned plea for reconciliation. At once a... Read more >
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 5, 1992
Price: $18.00
Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 5, 1992
Price: $18.00
Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it... Read more >
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Plays, Prose Writings and Poems
Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
On Sale: November 26, 1991
Price: $21.00
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
Introduction by Terry Eagleton
Oscar Wilde has been acknowledged as the wittiest writer in the English language. This collection proves that he was also one of the most versatile. Effortlessly achieved, each revealing a different aspect of his brilliance, all of the plays, prose writings, and poems gathered... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
On Sale: November 26, 1991
Price: $21.00
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
Introduction by Terry Eagleton
Oscar Wilde has been acknowledged as the wittiest writer in the English language. This collection proves that he was also one of the most versatile. Effortlessly achieved, each revealing a different aspect of his brilliance, all of the plays, prose writings, and poems gathered... Read more >
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $10.95
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Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $10.95
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The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: October 10, 1995
Price: $14.95
A pleasure seeking prince, a selfish giant, and more: Wilde's fairy tales, first published in 1888, for childlike people from eighteen to eighty." Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: October 10, 1995
Price: $14.95
A pleasure seeking prince, a selfish giant, and more: Wilde's fairy tales, first published in 1888, for childlike people from eighteen to eighty." Read more >
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 28, 2005
Price: $7.95
Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 28, 2005
Price: $7.95
Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it... Read more >
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2000
Price: $7.95
Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is his most popular work. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it first appeared... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2000
Price: $7.95
Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is his most popular work. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it first appeared... Read more >
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Picture of Dorian Gray
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 1, 1980
Price: $17.50
Here in its entirety is the classic, cautionary tale about the pursuit of eternal youth at the expense of the soul. When a beautiful portrait is painted of him, young Dorian Gray makes a vain, rash wish to always remain as beautiful as the painting. His wish comes true, and Gray... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 1, 1980
Price: $17.50
Here in its entirety is the classic, cautionary tale about the pursuit of eternal youth at the expense of the soul. When a beautiful portrait is painted of him, young Dorian Gray makes a vain, rash wish to always remain as beautiful as the painting. His wish comes true, and Gray... Read more >
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