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In a town where a lot of poor people suffer, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince", who in reality has never experienced true happiness. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor. As the winter comes and the Happy Prince is stripped of all of his beauty, his lead heart breaks when the swallow dies as a result of his selfless deeds and severe cold. The statue is then torn down and melted leaving behind the broken heart and the dead swallow. These are taken up to heaven by an angel that has deemed them the two most precious things in the city. This is affirmed by God and they live forever in his city of gold and garden of paradise.

This ebook contains all of Oscar Wildes plays (including the fragments), his only novel, his fairy tales and short stories, the poems, all of his essays, lectures, reviews, and other newspaper articles, based on the 1909 edition of his works.For easier navigation, there are tables of contents for each section and one for the whole volume. At the end of each text there are links bringing you back to the respective contents tables. I have also added an alphabetical index for the poems and a combined one for all the essays, lectures, articles, and reviews.-------------------------------------Contents:THE PLAYS.Vera or the Nihilists, The Duchess of Padua, Lady Windermeres Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, Salome (the French original and Bosies translation, and the fragments of La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy.THE NOVEL.The Picture of Dorian Gray.THE STORIES.All the stories and tales from The Happy Prince and Other Tales, Lord Arthur Saviles Crime and Other Stories (incl. The Portrait of Mr. W.H.), and A House of Pomegranates.THE POEMS.The Collected Poems of O.W.THE ESSAYS etc.The four essays from Intentions, The Soul of Man under Socialism, De Profundis (the unabridged version!), The Rise of Historical Criticism, the lectures (The English Renaissance in Art, House Decoration, Art and the Handicraftsman, Lecture to Art Students)

En El alma del hombre bajo el socialismo Óscar Wilde expone su particular credo sobre el individualismo, develando los ideales de la renovación social bajo una nueva forma. Argumenta contra la carida

Questi due saggi di Oscar Wilde sono dei veri e propri testi letterari e fanno parte della raccolta "Intentions" del 1891. "Il critico come artista" (1890) e scritto in forma di dialogo tra due amanti in una notte stellata: Gilbert (che impersona le idee di Wilde) ed Ernest discutono sul significato della critica d'arte. Il discorso si trasforma in un elogio dell'arte e dei suoi fini. L'arte e la critica, per Wilde, hanno un valore eversivo e sono in contrapposizione alla societa. Da qui nasce il secondo saggio, "L'anima dell'uomo sotto il socialismo" (1891), dove si esprimono, forse in risposta al socialismo di George Bernard Shaw, le idee anarchiche di Wilde. Introduzione di Silvio Perrella.

Dorian Gray pays a hefty price for years of sin and vice in this completely unabridged edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray.Explore Wilde's lavish world of Gothic fiction, and his study of lost innocence, full of captivating characters with this gorgeous, jacketed hardcover edition. Artist Basil Hallward has sent a gift. A portrait that perfectly captures young Dorian Gray's handsome features. When Lord Henry tempts Dorian with a new lifestyle of hedonism and pleasure, he realizes that he would sell his soul for an eternity of debauchery. Oscar Wilde's only published novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a dark and sinful story of excess and vice.Complete and unabridged, this elegant edition of The Portrait of Dorian Gray is an essential collectible. Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs.Other titles in the Chartwell Classics Series include: Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft; Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales; Complete Novels of Jane Austen; Complete Sherlock Holmes; Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe; Complete Works of William Shakespeare; Divine Comedy; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales; The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft; The Federalist Papers; The Inferno; The Call of the Wild and White Fang; Moby Dick; The Odyssey; Pride and Prejudice; The Essential Grimm's Fairy Tales; Emma; The Great Gatsby; The Secret Garden; Anne of Green Gables; The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe; The Phantom of the Opera; The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital; Republic; Frankenstein; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Meditations; Wuthering Heights; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass; A Tales of Two Cities; Beowulf; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Little Women

Que Oscar Wilde fue capaz de conjugar a conveniencia y dominar géneros como el teatro, el cuento, la poesía y el ensayo es indiscutible. En El retrato del Sr. W. H. va más allá y funde arte, verdad y vida (temas esenciales en su propia vida y en su obra) para crear una historia, la mejor y mas querida del autor, pivotando nada menos que sobre la figura de Shakespeare y la composicion de sus famosos Sonetos. Leerlo supone sumergirse completamente -con Wilde el lector nunca puede remojarse, simplemente, los pies- en una historia tan alucinante como aparentemente creible. Puro Wilde: ¿donde empieza la reflexion seria y donde la broma? Su ingenio nos guia por el filo, sin soltarnos la mano, por los tiempos del Globe y de los actores de la compañia de Shakespeare, el tiempo del propio autor y, por que no, la eternidad. Oscar Wilde fue uno de los autores mas celebres y polemicos de su tiempo, y su obra todavia hoy disfruta de un amplio numero de lectores fieles, que aprecian su capacidad de conducirnos, siempre con elegancia, por los suntuosos caminos de su imaginacion.

Los buenos novelistas —escribió Oscar Wilde— son mucho más raros que los buenos hijos. Quizá sería lícito añadir que los buenos cuentistas son aún más raros que los buenos novelistas. Antes que El re