The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde (Wordsworth Library Collection)
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A sweeping treasury of one of literature's most brilliant and irreverent voices, this comprehensive collection gathers the full range of Oscar Wilde's genius across every form he mastered — from the razor-sharp wit of his stage comedies to the lyrical beauty of his poetry, the dark enchantment of his fiction, and the piercing insight of his essays. The plays, including masterworks such as The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, showcase Wilde's unmatched talent for satirizing Victorian society with elegant, epigrammatic dialogue that remains as sharp today as when first performed. His stories, among them The Picture of Dorian Gray and the haunting fairy tales, illustrate his capacity for moral complexity and gothic atmosphere, while his essays argue boldly for aestheticism and the supremacy of art over utility. The collection culminates in De Profundis, the searing, confessional letter written during Wilde's imprisonment, which chronicles his spiritual and intellectual reckoning with suffering, love, and identity in prose of extraordinary emotional power. Together, these works present an unparalleled portrait of a writer who transformed every genre he touched, cementing his legacy as one of the nineteenth century's most enduring and provocative literary figures.
Author: Oscar Wilde
Format: Hardback
Published: 2007, Wordsworth Library Collection
Genre: Anthology
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Book: Good
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Pages: Good
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A sweeping treasury of one of literature's most brilliant and irreverent voices, this comprehensive collection gathers the full range of Oscar Wilde's genius across every form he mastered — from the razor-sharp wit of his stage comedies to the lyrical beauty of his poetry, the dark enchantment of his fiction, and the piercing insight of his essays. The plays, including masterworks such as The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, showcase Wilde's unmatched talent for satirizing Victorian society with elegant, epigrammatic dialogue that remains as sharp today as when first performed. His stories, among them The Picture of Dorian Gray and the haunting fairy tales, illustrate his capacity for moral complexity and gothic atmosphere, while his essays argue boldly for aestheticism and the supremacy of art over utility. The collection culminates in De Profundis, the searing, confessional letter written during Wilde's imprisonment, which chronicles his spiritual and intellectual reckoning with suffering, love, and identity in prose of extraordinary emotional power. Together, these works present an unparalleled portrait of a writer who transformed every genre he touched, cementing his legacy as one of the nineteenth century's most enduring and provocative literary figures.