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"SALOMÉ" has made the authors name a household word wherever the English language is not spoken. Few English plays have such a peculiar history. Written in French in 1892 it was in full rehearsal by Madame Bernhardt at the Palace Theatre when it was prohibited by the Censor. Oscar Wilde immediately announced his intention of changing his nationality, a characteristic jest, which was only taken seriously, oddly enough, in Ireland. The interference of the Censor has seldom been more popular or more heartily endorsed by English critics. On its publication in book form "Salome" was greeted by a chorus of ridicule, and it may be noted in passing that at least two of the more violent reviews were from the pens of unsuccessful dramatists, while all those whose French never went beyond Ollendorff were glad to find in that venerable school classic an unsuspected asset in their educationa handy missile with which to pelt "Salome" and its author. The correctness of the French was, of course, impugned, although the scrip had been passed by a distinguished French writer, to whom I have heard the whole work attributed. The Times, while depreciating the drama, gave its author credit for a tour de force, in being capable of writing a French play for Madame Bernhardt, and this drew from him the following letter:

El gigante no dejaba que los niños jugaran en su jardín; por eso allí se había instalado el invierno para siempre y los arboles se olvidaron de florecer. Pero un día, el amor de un niño conmovió el duro corazon del gigante y entonces comprendio como el egoismo habia alejado a la primavera de su jardin y a la belleza de su vida.

EL Fantasma de Canterville es quizá el más conocido de los cuentos de Oscar Wilde. COn elementos reducidos - una familia norteamericana compra un típico castillo inglés, con fantasma incluido, Wilde consigue elevarse a las más altas cotas creativas, seduciéndonos con un relato lleno de equilibrio entre fondo y forma, y un desarrollo francamente divertido, acompañado de la elegante expresibidad de los dibujos de Lisbeth Zwerger.

Oscar Wilde Retold by Gina D. B. Clemen Activities by Justin Rainey Mystery & horror When the superbly handsome Dorian Gray sees his portrait he makes a terrible wish: that the portrait will grow older and that he will remain young forever. But what happens to the portrait that no one ever sees? A brilliant and disturbing story of a man who is willing to sell his soul for eternal youth, while he pursues pleasure and passion. Dossiers: The Aesthetic Movement Oscar Wildes London Exit test

Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon and Dame Judi Dench as the indomitable Lady Bracknell, bring The Importance of Being Earnest alive in this new film from Fragile Films, releasing from Buena Vista International. Oscar Wilde's brilliant play makes fun of the English upper classes with light-hearted satire and dazzling humour. It is 1890's England and two young gentlemen are being somewhat limited with the truth. To inject some excitement into their lives, Mr Worthing invents a brother, Earnest, as an excuse to leave his dull country life behind him to pursue the object of his desire, the ravishing Gwendolyn. While across town Algernon Montecrieff decides to take the name Earnest, when visiting Worthing's young ward Cecily. The real fun and confusion begins when the two end up together and their deceptions are in danger of being revealed.

Oscar Wilde Art contrasted with Nature, and outer ugliness with inner beauty, are just two of the themes featured in this collection of 6 tales, including The Canterville Ghost, The Remarkable Rocket, and - for all those who "have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy" - The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant.

Éste es un libro lleno de fascinación y encanto, fácil y difícil a la vez, y cuyo encanto, fácil y difícil a la vez, y cuyo único protagonista y tema esencial es la Belleza. Una de las pasiones que h

This volume of Keatss powerful poetry follows as closely as possible the chronological order of composition, highlighting autobiographical elements including the young Wildes conflicting attitudes to Greece and Rome, pagan and Christian, and his fluctuating attraction to Roman Catholicism. The Appendix shows Wildes original ordering, constructed with great care around a musical arrangement of themes. The poems reveal unexpected aspects of a literary chameleon usually identified with sparkling wit and social comedy.

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Piedra de escándalo para la mojigata sociedad victoriana cuando fue publicada originalmente en el Lippincotts Monthly Magazine en junio de 1890, EL RETRATO DE DORIAN GRAY, que adoptaría su forma definitiva como libro al año siguiente, narra la fabula, de raiz faustica, del individuo que explora en los rincones mas oscuros de la existencia con aparente inmunidad, protegido por un retrato que va asumiendo su degradacion fisica y moral. Articulada en torno a la dialectica entre ser y apariencia, realidad e imagen, vida y arte, OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900) plasmo en ella la novela esteticista por excelencia.

Spellbound before his own portrait, Dorian Gray utters a fateful wish. In exchange for eternal youth he gives his soul, to be corrupted by the malign influence of his mentor, the aesthete and hedonist Lord Henry Wotton. The novel was met with moral outrage by contemporary critics who, dazzled perhaps by Wilde's brilliant style, may have confused the author with his creation