Complete Works Of Oscar Wilde
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
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Condition remarks: Faded spine, otherwise in good condition.
A towering monument of Victorian and fin-de-siècle literature, Complete Works of Oscar Wilde gathers the full breadth of one of the English language's most dazzling and irreverent voices — spanning plays, poetry, fiction, essays, and fairy tales under a single cover. The collection presents the razor-sharp social comedies, including The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, which skewer the hypocrisies of upper-class Victorian society with wit so precise it still cuts today. It also includes the haunting Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which chronicles the moral corruption of a beautiful young man who trades his soul for eternal youth, alongside the lyrical tragedy of Salomé and the deeply moving prison meditation De Profundis. Wilde's celebrated poetry, including The Ballad of Reading Gaol, illustrates his remarkable range — moving effortlessly from ornate aestheticism to raw, confessional anguish. This definitive anthology stands as an essential cornerstone for any serious literary collection, capturing the full genius of a writer whose brilliance, tragedy, and enduring relevance remain unmatched.
Author: Oscar Wilde
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Book Club Associates
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Faded spine, otherwise in good condition.
A towering monument of Victorian and fin-de-siècle literature, Complete Works of Oscar Wilde gathers the full breadth of one of the English language's most dazzling and irreverent voices — spanning plays, poetry, fiction, essays, and fairy tales under a single cover. The collection presents the razor-sharp social comedies, including The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, which skewer the hypocrisies of upper-class Victorian society with wit so precise it still cuts today. It also includes the haunting Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which chronicles the moral corruption of a beautiful young man who trades his soul for eternal youth, alongside the lyrical tragedy of Salomé and the deeply moving prison meditation De Profundis. Wilde's celebrated poetry, including The Ballad of Reading Gaol, illustrates his remarkable range — moving effortlessly from ornate aestheticism to raw, confessional anguish. This definitive anthology stands as an essential cornerstone for any serious literary collection, capturing the full genius of a writer whose brilliance, tragedy, and enduring relevance remain unmatched.