Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
Author of The Picture of Dorian Gray
About the Author
Flamboyant man-about-town, Oscar Wilde had a reputation that preceded him, especially in his early career. He was born to a middle-class Irish family (his father was a surgeon) and was trained as a scholarship boy at Trinity College, Dublin. He subsequently won a scholarship to Magdalen College, show more Oxford, where he was heavily influenced by John Ruskin and Walter Pater, whose aestheticism was taken to its radical extreme in Wilde's work. By 1879 he was already known as a wit and a dandy; soon after, in fact, he was satirized in Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience. Largely on the strength of his public persona, Wilde undertook a lecture tour to the United States in 1882, where he saw his play Vera open---unsuccessfully---in New York. His first published volume, Poems, which met with some degree of approbation, appeared at this time. In 1884 he married Constance Lloyd, the daughter of an Irish lawyer, and within two years they had two sons. During this period he wrote, among others, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), his only novel, which scandalized many readers and was widely denounced as immoral. Wilde simultaneously dismissed and encouraged such criticism with his statement in the preface, "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all." In 1891 Wilde published A House of Pomegranates, a collection of fantasy tales, and in 1892 gained commercial and critical success with his play, Lady Windermere's Fan He followed this comedy with A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895), and his most famous play, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). During this period he also wrote Salome, in French, but was unable to obtain a license for it in England. Performed in Paris in 1896, the play was translated and published in England in 1894 by Lord Alfred Douglas and was illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Lord Alfred was the son of the Marquess of Queensbury, who objected to his son's spending so much time with Wilde because of Wilde's flamboyant behavior and homosexual relationships. In 1895, after being publicly insulted by the marquess, Wilde brought an unsuccessful slander suit against the peer. The result of his inability to prove slander was his own trial on charges of sodomy, of which he was found guilty and sentenced to two years of hard labor. During his time in prison, he wrote a scathing rebuke to Lord Alfred, published in 1905 as De Profundis. In it he argues that his conduct was a result of his standing "in symbolic relations to the art and culture" of his time. After his release, Wilde left England for Paris, where he wrote what may be his most famous poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), drawn from his prison experiences. Among his other notable writing is The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891), which argues for individualism and freedom of artistic expression. There has been a revived interest in Wilde's work; among the best recent volumes are Richard Ellmann's, Oscar Wilde and Regenia Gagnier's Idylls of the Marketplace , two works that vary widely in their critical assumptions and approach to Wilde but that offer rich insights into his complex character. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest / Lady Windermere's Fan / A Woman of No Importance / An Ideal Husband / Salomé (1954) 2,600 copies
Collected Works of Oscar Wilde (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Wordsworth Collection) (1997) 459 copies
The portrait of Mr W.H. : the greatly enlarged version prepared by the author after the appearance of the story in 1889… (1889) 281 copies
Oscar Wilde - The Major Works: including The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oxford World's Classics) (1989) 249 copies
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (Enriched Classics Series) (2005) — Author — 112 copies
Oscar Wilde in 3-Vol Box Set (Stories, Plays, Poems, Essays, Letters) [Folio Society 1993] (1977) 107 copies
The Picture of Dorian Gray; The Complete Short Stories; De Profundis; Poems; The Importance of Being Earnest & Other… (1983) 103 copies
Selected Works : The picture of Dorian Grey ; De Profundis ; The Canterville ghost ; The importance of being Ernest ;… (2004) 68 copies
The Importance of Being Earnest / An Ideal Husband / A Woman of No Importance / Lady Windermere's Fan (1944) — Author — 36 copies
Oscar Wilde: The Fisherman & His Soul & Other Fairy Tales (Bloomsbury Poetry Classics) (1929) 28 copies
The Picture of Dorian Gray; The Complete Short Stories; The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (1656) 24 copies
50 Classic Gothic Works You Should Read: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Black Cat, The Picture Of Dorian Gray... (2017) 20 copies
Le Fantôme de Canterville, suivi de "Le Prince heureux - Le Géant Egoïste et autres contes" (2003) 19 copies
Oscar Wilde: 13 Tales and Short Stories 17 copies
The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories: Elementary Level (Heinemann Guided Readers) (1993) 16 copies
Dominoes, New Edition: Starter Level: 250-Word Vocabulary The Happy Prince (Dominoes, Starter Level) (2008) 15 copies
Sämtliche Erzählungen sowie 35 philosophische Leitsätze zum Gebrauch für die Jugend. (1891) 13 copies
Salome: Dramen, Schriften, Aphorismen und Die Ballade vom Zuchthaus zu Reading (insel taschenbuch) (1975) 13 copies
Il critico come artista-L'anima dell'uomo sotto il socialismo. Testo inglese a fronte (1995) 12 copies
Oscar Wilde: Collection of 300 Classic Works with Analysis and Historical Background (2013) 12 copies
The Pictures of Dorian Gray: Lord Authur Seville's Crime; the Happy Prince; the Birthday of the Infanta (A Signet… (1962) 10 copies
Works of Oscar Wilde. Huge collection. (80 Works) Includes The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest,… (2007) 10 copies
Lady Windermere's Fan / The Importance of Being Earnest / An Ideal Husband (1951) — Author — 10 copies
Penny Dreadful Multipack Vol. 2 (Illustrated. Annotated. 'The Picture of Dorian Gray,' 'Vileroy or The Horrors of… (2013) 10 copies
Oakshot Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated, Inline Footnotes) (Classics Book 5) (2017) 10 copies
Canterville Ghost And Other Stories by Oscar Wilde: Joss Recordings, Library Edition (2006) 9 copies
A critic in Pall Mall;: Reviews and miscellanies (The works of Oscar Wilde. Ravenna edition) (2011) 9 copies
The Harlot's house: a poem 9 copies
La decadencia de la mentira y otros ensayos ; Intenciones ; seguido de "El retrato del señor W.H." (2018) 8 copies
Oscar Wilde Play Collection: The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An… (2020) 7 copies
Tutto il teatro 7 copies
The Young King and Other Fairy Tales 7 copies
The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories: 3100 Headwords (Oxford Progressive English Readers) (1993) 7 copies
The Young King 7 copies
Werke in zwei Bänden. Band 1: Gedichte und Prosa, Märchen, Erzählungen, Versuche und Aphorismen / Band 2:… (1922) 7 copies
Strauss : Salome [libretto : German/English] {Rullman} (1906) — Librettist [original text]; Librettist [original text] — 7 copies
Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 Seleccion = Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 Selection (Autore Selectos) (Spanish Edition) (2010) 6 copies
El retrato de Dorian Gray; El fantasma de Canterville; El abanico de Lady Windermere; La importancia de llamarse… (1951) 6 copies
Decorative Art in America. A Lecture by Oscar Wilde. Together With Letters, Reviews and Interviews. Edited, with an… (2010) 6 copies
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. Englischer Text mit deutschen Worterklärungen.… (1990) — Author — 6 copies
The Works of Oscar Wilde: Including The Poems, Novels, Plays, Essays, Fairy Tales and Dialogues: Six Volumes in One (1927) 6 copies
El retrato de Dorian Gray; El príncipe feliz; El ruiseñor y la rosa; El crimen de Lord Arthur Saville; El fantasma de… (1979) 6 copies
Werke in 5 Bänden. Züricher Ausgabe. Band 1: Das Bild des Dorian Gray. Band 2: Märchen, Erzählungen und… (2004) 5 copies
Cantervillské strašidlo a jiné prózy 5 copies
Miscellanies 5 copies
Reading & Training : Oscar Wilde : The fisherman and his soul [book + sound recording] (1912) — Writer — 5 copies
Scenes from Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan/an Ideal Husband/the Importance of Being Earnest (A Little Brown… (1995) 5 copies
El retrato de Dorian Gray. El fantasma de Canterville. El Príncipe feliz y otros cuentos (Spanish Edition) (2010) 5 copies
Individualisme en socialisme 5 copies
Oscar Wilde Selected Poems 5 copies
The complete works of Oscar Wilde. Vol. 4: Criticism: historical criticism, intentions, the soul of man (2007) 5 copies
Oscar Wilde Three Plays for Children: Three Magical Plays for Very Young Children (Plays for Young People) (2008) 4 copies
Um marido ideal e outras peças 4 copies
The young king and other fairy tales 4 copies
Oscar Wilde im Spiegel des Jahrhunderts: Erinnerungen, Kommentare, Deutungen (Insel Taschenbuch) (2000) 4 copies
Selected Tales / Shorter Prose Pieces by Oscar Wilde - Del Prado Miniature (The Miniature Classics Library) (2003) 4 copies
FIVE PLAYS BY OSCAR WILDE - The Importance of Being Earnest; An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance: Lady… (1952) 4 copies
THE POSTHUMOUS WORKS OF OSCAR WILDE INCLUDING DE PROFUNDIS, SALOME AND THE SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM. (1935) 4 copies
Obras Inmortales 4 copies
The ultimate classic collection 4 copies
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Plays, Novel, Poetry, Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Philosophical Essays, Literary… (2019) 4 copies
Salomé / A Florentine tragedy / Vera — Author — 4 copies
Romanzi e racconti 4 copies
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Happy Prince and… (2012) 3 copies
Salomé / Lot in Sodom — Author — 3 copies
El crítico como artista 3 copies
Werke in 2 Bänden 2 3 copies
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Duchess of Padua, De Profundis (Volume VIII) Edition de Luxe 3 copies
Fin De Siècle Megapack Vol. 1 (Illustrated. 13 Chilling Short Stories from 1880-1901) (2014) 3 copies
Oscar Wilde: The Complete Collection 3 copies
The comedies of Oscar Wilde 3 copies
Εννέα μαγικά παραμύθια 3 copies
Strauss : Salome [libretto : German/English] {Schirmer} (1964) — Librettist [original text] — 3 copies
Picture of Dorian Gray (Bring the Classics to Life: Level 4) by Oscar Wilde (2008) Paperback (1900) 3 copies
Opera Classics Library : Opera study guide and libretto : Strauss : Salome (2003) — Librettist [original text] — 3 copies
The Works of Oscar Wilde 3 copies
Strauss : Salome [programme book] — Librettist [original text] — 3 copies
Miscellaneous 3 copies
Complete writings of Oscar Wilde 3 copies
The Truth of Masks {essay} 3 copies
Ganz schön Oscar Wilde 3 copies
O Retrato De Dorian Gray 3 copies
El Fantasma de Canterville ; El Gegant egoista ; El Coet extraordinari ; El Príncep feliç (2005) 3 copies
Reading & Training : Oscar Wilde : Lord Arthur Savile's crime and other stories [book + sound recording] (2005) — Writer — 3 copies
The Picture of Dorian Gray / Riders of the Purple Sage: CD-Rom Pack (Heinemann Guided Readers) (1996) 3 copies
Shit My Dad (Never) Says 3 copies
Epigrams; an anthology 3 copies
The ultimate classic collection 2 copies
Pohádky 2 copies
Obras escogidas. El retrato de Dorian Gray ; El abanico de lady Windermere ; La importancia de llamarse Ernesto (2007) 2 copies
Wuthering heights. The picture of Dorian Gray. Dracula. Frankenstein. Jane Eyre. Little women. (The lifetime library of… (2014) 2 copies
The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan; Salomé; A Woman Of No Importance; The Importance of Being… (2015) 2 copies
El principe feliz y otros cuentos & una casa de granadas / The Happy Prince and Other Tales & A House of Pomegranates… (2011) 2 copies
Velikan-jegoist. The Selfish Giant. Bilingual Fairy Tale in Russian and English: Dual Language Picture Book for Kids… (2017) 2 copies
Banqueiro Anarquista / A Alma do Homem sob a Égide do Socialismo (Portuguese Edition) (2016) 2 copies
Obras completas. Recop., traducción, prefacio y notas explicativas de J. Gómez de la Serna. (1965) 2 copies
Ein perfekter Ehemann 2 copies
Illustrated Oscar Wilde 2 copies
Canterville Ghost and Other Stories (w/Audio), The, Level 4, Pearson English Readers (2nd Edition) (Pearson English… (2011) 2 copies
Carta a Bosie (Portuguese Edition) 2 copies
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar. (W. W. Norton & Company,2006) [Paperback] 2ND EDITION 2 copies
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Classic Reprint): The Happy Prince, and Other Tales; Lord Arthur Saville's Crime, and… (2018) 2 copies
The Canterville ghost El fantasma de Canterville : versiones bilingües, abreviadas y simplificadas (2006) 2 copies
Two Letters to the Daily Chronicle 2 copies
Rare -Oscar Wilde SALOME Leatherette Heritage Press Slipcase Valenti Angelo Erotic Art (1973) 2 copies
Best Of Oscar Wilde 2 copies
The Devoted Friend and other Tales 2 copies
I am always satisfied with the Best: Aphorisms, Epigrams, Quips and Witticisms (Insel-Bücherei) (2021) 2 copies
The Young King 2 copies
Balada o žaláři v Readingu 2 copies
The Canterville Ghost: Englische Lektüre für das 2. Lernjahr. A2. Mit Annotationen und Illustrationen (Easy Readers… (2014) 2 copies
Noveletes 2 copies
Šťastný princ a jiné příběhy 2 copies
Salomé, La Sainte Courtisane 2 copies
The importance of being earnest-- in ancient Greek and Latin : translation of Oscar Wilde's original text, with… (2021) 2 copies
Denken mit Oscar Wilde: Extravagante Gedanken über die Magie der Schönheit und die allmächtige Kunst, Kritik als… (2009) 2 copies
Cinco cuentos 2 copies
Cuentos. El ruisenor y la rosa, El gigante egoista, El principe feliz y otros. Prologo con resena critica de la obra,… (2013) 2 copies
EL PRINCIPE FELIZ y otros relatos/THE HAPPY PRINCE and other stories (COLECCION CLASICOS BILINGUES) (Spanish and… (2017) 2 copies
O Retrato de Dorian Gray 2 copies
SOS Title Unknown 2 copies
Obras completas II 2 copies
Rose-leaf and apple-leaf. L'envoi 2 copies
PRINCI I LUMTUR 2 copies
Il pescatore e la sua anima. L'esperienza della bellezza, l'abbandono del sentimento (1988) 2 copies
Grandi scrittori per piccoli uomini 2 copies
Some letters from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Douglas, 1892-1897 with illustrative notes by Arthur C. Dennison, jr., &… (1924) 2 copies
Oscar Wilde - Stories 2 copies
Oscar Wilde Plays and Poems 2 copies
Le chasseur d'opossum 2 copies
AFORIZMA 2 copies
Short Stories of Oscar Wilde 2 copies
Vera o los Nihilistas, la Duquesa de Padua, y otros fragmentos de obras dramáticas sin concluir (2002) 2 copies
Lögnens förfall och andra uppsatser 2 copies
Reading & Training : Oscar Wilde : The Canterville ghost [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 2 copies
Essays, criticisms and reviews 2 copies
Resurgam : Unpublished letters 2 copies
O Príncipe Feliz e Outras Histórias 2 copies
Selected Works of Oscar Wilde 2 copies
Oscar Wilde briefe. 1. Briefe 2 copies
Das Gespenst von Canterville und die Märchen. Aus dem Englischen von Irma Wehrli. Mit Bildern von Frank… (2012) 2 copies
Fingerzeige 2 copies
O príncipe feliz e o gigante egoísta 2 copies
Il prete e l'accolito & altre opere 2 copies
The Complete Non-Fiction Writings (Essays on Art The Rise Of Historical Criticism Poems in Prose The Soul of a Man… (2013) 2 copies
Oscar Wilde: The Complete Collection (The Picture of Dorian Gray, 14 Short Stories, 9 Plays, All Poems, Selected Essays… (2013) 2 copies
Letzte Briefe 2 copies
O fantasma de caterville 2 copies
L'Esprit de Wilde 2 copies
DASHURIA DHE GRATE 1 copy
A Alma Humana 1 copy
Poemas em Prosa 1 copy
オスカー・ワイルド全 集 1. 1 copy
オスカー・ワイルド全 集 4. 1 copy
A Juventude é uma Arte 1 copy
Le portrait de Dorian Gray 1 copy
オスカー・ワイルド全 集 3. 1 copy
Teatro de O. Wilde 1 copy
Portret Doriana Greya 1 copy
Oscar Wilde id-drammi. L-ewwel volum, L-imrewha ta' Lady Windermere u Mara xejn importanti (2010) 1 copy
FANTAZMA E KANTERVILLIT 1 copy
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Works by Wilde, Oscar Published by Barnes & Noble Inc (2012) Hardcover (2012) 1 copy
オスカー・ワイルド全 集 6. 1 copy
オスカー・ワイルド全 集 2. 1 copy
KRIMI I LORDIT ARTUR SEVIJ 1 copy
BALADA E BURGUT 1 copy
Meditações 1 copy
Lecture to Art Students 1 copy
Portreti i Dorian Greit 1 copy
アーサー・サヴィル卿の犯罪 (バベルの図書館 6) — Author — 1 copy
Сказки 1 copy
Sretni princ i druge bajke 1 copy
Wakacje wśród duchów 1 copy
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde 1 copy
Öyküler 1 1 copy
Obra Completa 1 copy
OBRA COMPLETA 1 copy
El maestro 1 copy
Clásicos de Óscar Wilde 1 copy
Парадоксы 1 copy
Zoriany Hlopchyk 1 copy
The Selfish Giant.Le Géant Égoïste. Oscar Wilde. Bilingual French/English Fairy Tale: Dual Language Picture Book… (2015) 1 copy
El joven rey. Pulga Nº 152 1 copy
A Donzela e o Fantasma 1 copy
Contos e Novelas 1 copy
El Fantasma de Canterville para estudiantes de español. Libro de lectura: The Canterville Ghost for Spanish learners.… (2014) 1 copy
Lord Arthur Savill'es crime 1 copy
O ANIVERSÁRIO DA INFANTA 1 copy
OSCAR WILDE - OBRAS SELECTAS 1 copy
EL RUISEÑOR Y LA ROSA 1 copy
O retrato de Darian Gray 1 copy
Oscar Wilde: The Poems 1 copy
99999999999 1 copy
Racconti 1 copy
Le Dclin du mensonge 1 copy
En Prisión: De profundis, La balada de la cárcel de Reading, Dos cartas al Daily Chronicle (De… 1 copy
The Happy Prince - miniature 1 copy
The picture of Dorian Gray 1 copy
EL PRINCIPE FELIZ 1 copy
Poetry 1 copy
O Retrato De Dorian Gray 1 copy
Een Florentijnsch treurspel 1 copy
De profundis and other poems 1 copy
The Doer of Good 1 copy
Ideální manžel 1 copy
Salome Tragödie in einem Akt 1 copy
Il fantasma di Canterville - Il Principe Felice-Il delitto di lord Arthur Savile+The Canterville Ghost-The Happy Prince… (2021) 1 copy
The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Hound of the Baskervilles: Jake Urry Classics Collection Edition 1 copy
LADY W?NDERMERE`?N YELPAZES? 1 copy
5 Plays 1 copy
Level 3: The Young King and Other Stories KPF with Integrated Audio (Pearson English Active Readers) 1 copy
Das Canterville-Gespenst eine hylo-idealistische Romanze ; 1887 = The Canterville ghost : a hylo-idealistic romance (2012) 1 copy
Yalanin Yozlasmasi 1 copy
Aphorisms from Oscar Wilde 1 copy
Der eigensüchtige Riese 1 copy
Salome. Illustriert von Aubrey Beardsley -: Tragödie in einem Akt (Große Klassiker zum kleinen Preis, Band… (2021) 1 copy
Lady Windermere'ws Fan 1 copy
Princi i Lumtur 1 copy
Oscar Wilde. Die Märchen. 1 copy
NOVELA-TEATRO 1 copy
Oscar Wilde: Complete Short Fiction — Author — 1 copy
New Way Orange Level Platform Book - The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant: Platform Books - Happy Prince AND Selfish… (1992) 1 copy
Penguin Plays: Oscar Wilde 1 copy
Wyrms 1 copy
Salome and Other Stories 1 copy
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde "Irish Playwright, Novelist, Essayist, and Poet"! 28 Complete Works (The Picture of… (2015) 1 copy
CONTOS INÉDITOS 1 copy
Chá das cinco com Aristóles 1 copy
Poemas em Prosa e Salomé 1 copy
Stories. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. The Canterville Ghost. The Model Millionaire. Ridotto e annotato da Bianca Rossi (1971) 1 copy
O Jovem Rei 1 copy
THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY 1 copy
Opern der Welt : Textbuch : Einführung und Kommentar : Strauss : Salome (1995) — Librettist [original text] — 1 copy
Strauss : Salome [? + libretto] — Librettist [original text] — 1 copy
Strauss : Salome [libretto] — Librettist [original text] — 1 copy
The Canterville ghost 1 copy
Strauss : Elektra + Salome [libretto] — Librettist [original text] — 1 copy
The works of Oscar Wilde 1 copy
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People: With Original Annotated 1 copy
The Canterville Ghost [1990 short film] — Author — 1 copy
The Young King 1 copy
366 Aforismi 1 copy
Poemi in prosa e racconti 1 copy
(all) 1 copy
Story of the Selfish Giant 1 copy
Oscar Wilde, Selected Works 1 copy
The secret of Dorian Gray 1 copy
Poems of Oscar Wilde 1 copy
Fin De Siècle Multipack Volume 2 (Illustrated. 13 Classic and Rare Short Stories from 1880-1905) 1 copy
Stories-Plays-Essays 1 copy
Selected Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest,… (2019) 1 copy
The Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 3: 1,000 Headwords The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oxford Bookworms) 1 copy
CONTOS ROMANTICOS 1 copy
Essays I 1 copy
Contos Encantados — Author — 1 copy
An Omnibus of Oscar Wilde 1 copy
Die Erzählungen: Die vier Erzählungen und die sechs Prosagedichte in vollständiger Neuübersetzung… (2012) 1 copy
Happy Prince [VHS] 1 copy
Principe Felice (Oscar) 1 copy
Dramatische werken 1. 1 copy
The Plays, the Essays, the Novels and Fairy Tales, the Poems, the Prose of Oscar Wilde (5 Vols) (1914) 1 copy
Oscar Wilde költeményei 1 copy
Samtliche Dramen 1 copy
Onwaarschijnlijke verhalen : de meest onwaarschijnlijke verhalen uit de Engelse literatuur van de afgelopen honderd… (1995) 1 copy
Selections 1 copy
Théâtre 1 copy
E tenebris {poem} 1 copy
Oscar Wilde fairy Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde (Paperback) (Traditional Chinese Edition) (2009) 1 copy
Wilde, Oscar,15 Volumes 1 copy
Misli aforizmi parabole 1 copy
Coleccion de Oscar Wilde ( El Retrato de Dorian Gray, The Profundis, Un Marido Ideal, Una Mujer Sin Importancia, El… (2011) 1 copy
Impression du Matin {poem} 1 copy
Short Stories, The 1 copy
Tales of Oscar Wilde 1 copy
The Collected Supernatural & Weird Fiction of Oscar Wilde-Includes the Novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray, ' 'Lord… (2009) 1 copy
The complete works of Oscar Wilde. Vol. 3: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts 1 copy
Helas {poem} 1 copy
THE PICTURES OD DORIAN GRAY 1 copy
The Giant and His Garden 1 copy
Dedication of a memorial to Oscar Wilde, 1850-1900 : Poets' Corner, Tuesday 14 February 1995, 6pm 1 copy
The Works of Oscar Wilde (Volume 3); House of Pomegranates. the Happy Prince, and Other Tales 1 copy
Waifs and Strays. (Issue #3) 1 copy
Oscar Wilde's Collected Works: The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, and More! (19 Works): The… (2014) 1 copy
奥斯卡·王尔德自传 1 copy
Theaterstücke I 1 copy
Theaterstücke II 1 copy
Essays II 1 copy
Briefe II 1 copy
Briefe III : Anmerkungen 1 copy
Dorian Grays porträtt och Balladen om fängelset i Reading och De profundis (Klassiska män) (2009) 1 copy
Oeuvres : Poèmes, Le Portrait de Dorian Gray, Le Fantôme des Canterville, Le Crime de Lord Arthur Savile, Le Sphinx… (2000) 1 copy
Die Erzählungen 1 copy
Echoes 1 copy
The Woman's world 1 copy
Four Letters 1 copy
Remorse: A Study in Saffron 1 copy
Oeuvres (sous étui) 1 copy
Poems and poems in prose 1 copy
Oscar Wilde [works] 1 copy
His life: With a critical estimate of his writings (The writings of Oscar Wilde. Uniform edition) 1 copy
Selected Stories 1 copy
Neuer Märchenschatz 1 copy
Moderne sprookjes 1 copy
SHORT STORIES BY OSCAR WILDE 1 copy
Wilde Oscar 1 copy
Saggi 1 copy
The Oscar Wilde calendar: a quotation from the works of Oscar Wilde for every day in the year 1 copy
London models 1 copy
Apologia 1 copy
Requiescat 1 copy
Oscar Wilde im Kreuzverhör 1 copy
Oscar Wilde: Lady Windermere's Fan and A Woman of No Importance - BBC Radio (Full-Cast Production) 1 copy
Versek 1 copy
Vera ; Az eszményi férj 1 copy
A Letter from Oscar Wilde 1 copy
Lettere nel testo Inglese 1 copy
Ziele 1 copy
Two tales 1 copy
A Preface to "Dorian Gray" 1 copy
Magdalen walks 1 copy
Ł ♭ : Eur. Hec., 444-483 1 copy
Ave! Maria 1 copy
PAT 1 copy
Our Continent/ Vol. 1, no. 1 1 copy
The New remorse 1 copy
Easter Day 1 copy
Impression de voyage 1 copy
Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray - Englisch lernen mit der L-R Methode: Zweisprachig Deutsch Englisch (2018) 1 copy
Oeuvres compls 1 copy
Novelle 1 copy
The Happy Prince And Other Tales (Illustrated): With twelve fabulous foul-color illustrations 1 copy
Obras de Oscar Wilde 1 copy
Oscar Wilde zum Vergnügen 1 copy
Um marido ideal e Salome 1 copy
Oscar Wilde: Complete Poems 1 copy
The Georgics 1 copy
24 poesie 1 copy
Ilritratto di Dorian Grey 1 copy
Il milionario modello. Il delitto di Lord Arthur Savile. La sfinge senza enigmi (I libri della domenica) (2012) 1 copy
La Casa Dei Melograni. Il Compleanno Dell'Infanta. Il Figlio Della Stella.Il Pescatore E La Sua Anima (1900) 1 copy
Oscar Wilde - Lord Arthur Saville's Crime: “I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.” (2013) 1 copy
The Oval Portrait 1 copy
A Taste of Oscar Wilde 1 copy
Three Tales by Oscar Wilde 1 copy
Dorian Gray (movie) 1 copy
Cuentos de Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales. Edición Bilingüe en Español e Inglés:… (2018) 1 copy
Part01 1 copy
Dorian Gray arcképe 1 copy
Oscar Wilde : ett urval 1 copy
Jane Eyre 1 copy
Essays by Oscar Wilde. Edited, with an introduction by Hesketh Pearson. With a portrait (1950) 1 copy
I Racconti di Oscar Wilde: Contiene le raccolte "Il Principe Felice e altri Racconti" e "La Casa dei Melograni".… (2020) 1 copy
El retrato de Dorian Gray 1 copy
3 CUENTOS MARAVILLOSOS: eL GIGANTE EGOÍSTA, lAS TRES PREGUNTAS, rIQUETE EL DEL COPETE # 00301 1 copy
5 Cuentos de Oscar Wilde 1 copy
CINCO CUENTOS DE OSCAR WILDE 1 copy
Skrifter av Oscar Wilde 1 copy
Wilde Vol I vita e opere 1 copy
Teatro, ensayos, poemas 1 copy
FIABE MAGICHE 1 copy
The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde (Special Editions) by Oscar Wilde (5-Sep-1997) Paperback (1600) 1 copy
Short Story Collection 86 1 copy
Oscar Wilde's Gothic Novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Annotated and Illustrated: Uncensored, with The… (2019) 1 copy
Oscar Wilde: Complete Works 1 copy
El abanico de Lady Windermere La importancia de llamarse Ernesto ; Un marido ideal ; Una mujer sin importancia (2000) 1 copy
Oscar Wilde: The Complete Collection [contains links to free audiobooks] (The Picture Of Dorian Gray Lady… (2017) 1 copy
Cuentos I. Antología 1 copy
The Duchess of Padua 1 copy
Lezioni di stile 1 copy
Ritratto di Dorian Gray 1 copy
Die Wahrheit von Masken: Der Kritiker als Künstler. Die Wahrheit von Masken. Das Portrait des Mr. W.H. - Drei Dialoge (2013) 1 copy
Works of Oscar Wilde, The 1 copy
El ruiseñor y la rosa ;El gigante egoísta ;El príncipe feliz ;El amigo fiel ;El pescador y su alma 1 copy
Oscar Wilde Collection 1 copy
The plays of oscar wilde 1 copy
Four plays by oscar wilde 1 copy
El hombre y la cárcel 1 copy
Ιστορίες για παιδιά 1 copy
Autobiografia di un Dandy 1 copy
The Oscar Wilde Collection 1 copy
Beardsley a Salomè 1 copy
Miscellaneous poems 1 copy
Panthea 1 copy
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics) by Oscar Wilde (1998-10-22) (1656) 1 copy
Storytelling Magic (The Pied Piper of Hamlin / Pinocchio / The Happy Prince / A Little Princess) (2009) 1 copy
The Works of Oscar Wilde De Profundis, From The Original Unexpurgated German Edition, Translated By Henry Zick, Ph.D. (1909) 1 copy
Wit Of Oscar Wilde 1 copy
OSCAR WILDE "LE FANTÔME DE CANTERVILLE" NOUVELLES BILINGUES / AUDIO BOOKS [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2016] OSCAR WILDE (2016) 1 copy
Balades 1 copy
Associated Works
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contributor — 570 copies
A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love (2003) — some editions — 495 copies
The Snow Queen and Other Winter Tales (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection) (2015) — Contributor — 188 copies
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray (2012) — Contributor — 188 copies
Aesthetes and Decadents of the 1890s: An Anthology of British Poetry and Prose (1981) — Contributor — 175 copies
Cavalcade of comedy; 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward (1953) — Contributor — 97 copies
The Book of Irish Weirdness: A Treasury of Classic Tales of the Supernatural, Spooky and Strange (1994) — Contributor — 96 copies
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, Vol. 1: The Selfish Giant & The Star Child (1992) — Contributor — 96 copies
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributor — 90 copies
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, Vol. 4: The Devoted Friend & The Nightingale and the Rose (2004) — Contributor — 65 copies
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, Vol. 2: The Young King & The Remarkable Rocket (1994) — Contributor — 61 copies
Doré's London: All 180 Images from the Original London Series with Selected Writings (2008) — Contributor — 55 copies
The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters,… (1960) — Contributor — 54 copies
The Dedalus Book Of English Decadence: Vile Emperors And Elegant Degenerates (Decadence from Dedalus) (2004) — Contributor — 52 copies
The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: 19th Century (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contributor — 45 copies
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 1: The Individual and Human Values (1964) — Contributor — 40 copies
Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 Classic Stories of the Supernatural (2011) — Contributor — 39 copies
English National Opera Guide : Strauss : Salome + Elektra (1988) — Librettist [original text] — 39 copies
The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 1: From Sherlock Holmes to A Clockwork Orange to Jo Nesbø (2017) — Contributor — 34 copies
A Cross of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales About the Christ (2007) — Contributor — 28 copies
Dare to be Different - A Cebration Of Freedom In association With Amnesty International (1999) — Contributor — 14 copies
Selected English Short Stories: XIX and XX Centuries (Second Series) (1924) — Contributor — 14 copies
A Little Night Reading: Twenty Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1974) — Contributor — 14 copies
Four Modern Plays Ibsen: Rosmersholm. Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest. Rostand: Cyrano de Bergerac. Gorky: The… (1961) 13 copies
The Canterville Ghost: The Graphic Novel (Classic Graphic Novel Collection) (2010) — Original Author — 12 copies
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies
Fun & Quirky Classics: Short Stories by Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain and More (2022) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Happy Prince and Other Stories (Great Little Stories for 7 to 9 Year Olds) (2001) — Original Author — 7 copies
A Treasury of Great Short Stories — Contributor — 7 copies
Die englische Literatur 08 in Text und Darstellung. 19. Jahrhundert 2 (1982) — Contributor — 4 copies
Oskar Kokoschka, Städteportraits : Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Wien in Zusammenarbeit mit der Oskar… (1986) — Contributor — 4 copies
La poesía inglesa románticos y victorianos — Contributor — 4 copies
Tredive mesterfortællinger — Author, some editions — 3 copies
Marvel Illustrated: The Picture of Dorian Gray #2 (of 6) — Contributor — 3 copies
Marvel Illustrated: The Picture of Dorian Gray #6 (of 6) — Contributor — 3 copies
Marvel Illustrated: The Picture of Dorian Gray #5 (of 6) — Contributor — 3 copies
Marvel Illustrated: The Picture of Dorian Gray #4 (of 6) — Contributor — 3 copies
Marvel Illustrated: The Picture of Dorian Gray #3 (of 6) — Contributor — 3 copies
Strauss : Salome [video recording] [1992 film] {Royal Opera House} (1992) — Librettist [original text] — 3 copies
Marvel Illustrated: The Picture of Dorian Gray #1 (of 6) — Contributor — 3 copies
Strauss : Salome [video recording] [1997 film] {Royal Opera House} (1997) — Librettist [original text] — 3 copies
Best Crime Stories — Contributor — 3 copies
The Canterville Ghost: Opera After Oscar Wilde — Original text — 3 copies
Strauss : Salome [video recording] [2008 film] {Royal Opera House} (2008) — Librettist [original text] — 3 copies
Strauss : Salome [video recording] [2007 film] {Teatro alla Scala} (2007) — Librettist [original text] — 2 copies
Strauss : Salome [video recording] [2008 film] {Metropolitan Opera} (2008) — Librettist [original text] — 2 copies
Strauss : Salome [sound recording] {1968 Leinsdorf/London Symphony Orchestra} (1968) — Librettist [original text] — 2 copies
Die schönsten Bücher für junge Leser — Das Gespenst von Canterville | Die schweigende Welt | Die drei Musketiere |… (1985) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Picture of Dorian Gray [BBC Play of the Month 1976] — Author (novel) — 2 copies
Ode to Boy: Vol. 2: An Anthology of Same-Sex Attraction in Literature from the 19th Century Through the First World War (2014) — Contributor — 2 copies
Bij de uitverkorenen - vertalingen uit het oeuvre van geliefde dichters — Contributor — 2 copies
Lady Windermere's Fan [1925 film] — Original book — 2 copies
The Importance of Being Earnest [BBC Play of the Month 1986] — Orignal book — 2 copies
RDCBLP Lovestrong | The Happy Prince | The Red-Headed League — Author — 1 copy
Fantastyczne Opowieści — Contributor — 1 copy
Strauss : Salome [sound recording] {1963 Suitner/Dresdner Staatskapelle} (1963) — Librettist [original text] — 1 copy
Strauss : Salome [sound recording] {1961 Solti/Vienna Philharmonic} (1961) — Librettist [original text] — 1 copy
BBC Play of the Month: An Ideal Husband [1969 TV episode] — Original play — 1 copy
THE REMARKABLE ROCKET - OSCAR WILDE - RETOLD BY STEPHANIE LASLETT - ILLUSTRATED BY SUSAN NEALE - MINI-CLASSICS -… (1995) — Original text — 1 copy
Wakacje Wśród Duchów — Contributor — 1 copy
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy
English short stories of the nineteenth century — Contributor — 1 copy
Duchy Nocy Kupały 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Wilde, Oscar
- Legal name
- Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills
- Other names
- Melmoth, Sebastian
C.3.3. - Birthdate
- 1854-10-16
- Date of death
- 1900-11-30
- Burial location
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris, France (89e division)
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Cause of death
- meningitis
- Places of residence
- Dublin, Ireland
London, England, UK
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Paris, France - Education
- Trinity College, Dublin (BA|1874)
Magdalen College, University of Oxford (BA|1878)
Portora Royal School - Occupations
- author
tutor
lecturer
playwright
poet - Relationships
- Wilde, Lady Jane Francesca (mother)
Wilde, Sir William (father)
Holland, Vyvyan (son)
Holland, Merlin (grandson)
Douglas, Lord Alfred Bruce (lover) - Awards and honors
- Newdigate Prize for poetry (1878)
- Short biography
- Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, the early 1890s saw him become one of the most popular playwrights in London. He is best remembered for his epigrams, plays, and his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. A young Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, Wilde read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.
As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art" and interior decoration, and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French while in Paris but it was refused a licence for England due to an absolute prohibition on the portrayal of Biblical subjects on the English stage. Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late-Victorian London.
At the height of his fame and success, while The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) was still being performed in London, Wilde prosecuted the Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel. The Marquess was the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. The libel trial unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and trial for gross indecency with men. After two more trials he was convicted and sentenced to two years' hard labour, the maximum penalty, and was jailed from 1895 to 1897. During his last year in prison, he wrote De Profundis (published posthumously in 1905), a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. On his release, he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain. There he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life.
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Lyra's Books- The Picture of Dorian Gray in Fine Press Forum (January 2023)
Victorian Readalong Q4: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde in Club Read 2022 (November 2022)
Amaranthine Books — The Picture of Dorian Gray in Fine Press Forum (May 2022)
Received: Bowler Press, Importance of Being Earnest in Fine Press Forum (December 2021)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Birthday of the Infanta" by Oscar Wilde in The Weird Tradition (April 2016)
Dorian Gray: Influence in One LibraryThing, One Book (March 2014)
Dorian Gray: Discussion topics? in One LibraryThing, One Book (March 2014)
Dorian Gray: Favorite one-liners? in One LibraryThing, One Book (February 2014)
Dorian Gray: The Ending in One LibraryThing, One Book (February 2014)
Dorian Gray: Dorian = Faust? in One LibraryThing, One Book (February 2014)
Dorian Gray: First impressions in One LibraryThing, One Book (February 2014)
Dorian Gray: Homoerotic subtext in One LibraryThing, One Book (February 2014)
Dorian Gray: How does Dorian stack up against Wilde's other work? in One LibraryThing, One Book (February 2014)
Dorian Gray: Characters in One LibraryThing, One Book (February 2014)
Dorian Gray: Links in One LibraryThing, One Book (February 2014)
The only novel of Oscar Wilde deserves your attention! in Book talk (October 2013)
1001 Group Read: October, 2011: The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1001 Books to read before you die (October 2011)
BOOK DISCUSSION: The Picture of Dorian Gray Caution Contains Spoilers in The Green Dragon (October 2009)
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