Оскар Уайльд (1854 –?1900) — знаменитый ирландский поэт, драматург и писатель. Два сборника его сказок «“Счастливый принц” и другие сказки» (1888) и «Гранатовый домик» (1891) были тепло приняты читателями и критиками: Уайльда хвалили как за блестяще воссозданный волшебный дух народной сказки, так и за изысканный стиль повествования....

‘The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.’ When Basil Hallward paints the portrait of young, handsome Dorian Gray, he falls prey to his dazzling beauty. Afraid that his youth and looks will waste away, Dorian expresses a wish that his portrait, and not he, will age and fade over time....

Book Overview Author Info and Events facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonpinterest sharing buttonsharethis sharing button About the Book HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it....

In an old town in England, there is a statue of a happy prince. But the prince is not happy. He can see the sad things in the town. Then he meets a swallow. They help the people. Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language....

\"To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness\" The Importance of Being Earnest is a glorious comedy of mistaken identity, which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette....

A brilliant writer, flamboyant playwright, and prominent journalist, Oscar Wilde was also an accomplished poet. This collection of his greatest poems features such essential works as \\\"The Ballad of Reading Gaol\\\" and \\\"The Burden of Itys\\\"....

When the Americans Mr and Mrs Otis and their four children move into Canterville Chase, its previous occupant Lord Canterville warns them that the ghost of his ancestor still haunts the house. Their disbelief is soon shattered by the nightly sound of rattling chains in the hallways and the appearance of mysterious bloodstains in the living room....

During a conversation about literary forgeries, Erskine tells his young guest that he has received - as a legacy from a friend, the Cambridge scholar Cyril Graham - what is purported to be an Elizabethan portrait....

Between 1892 and 1895, Oscar Wilde’s drawing-room comedies Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest made his name as a playwright who fearlessly mocked the hypocrisy and snobbery of Victorian society and took gleeful delight in appearing to trivialize its most sacred institutions....

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt....

\\\"I thought life was going to be a brilliant comedy, and you were to be one of the many graceful figures in it.\\\" While imprisoned in 1895-7 for \\\"gross indecency\\\", the brilliant poet and playwright Oscar Wilde wrote a long, impassioned letter to his estranged young lover, Lord Alfred Douglas....

Oscar Wilde\"s stories for children display the lively wit and wisdom for which his famous plays are celebrated. This collection brings together six poignant tales of love, loss, riches, poverty, hope and happiness....

We should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things of life with a sincere and studied triviality. - Oscar Wilde First performed in 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest is a play in three acts full of mix-ups, unexpected plot twists, mistaken identities and extraordinary quickfire wit....

In this play, Sir Robert Chiltern is an ideal husband for Lady Chiltern, but somebody knows a dangerous secret about him. Can his friends save his job and his marriage? 13,844 words. British English. Retold by Mary Gladwin....

Wilde\"s only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence....