Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams, plays, short stories, and his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. The following includes the pieces "Poems In Prose" and "The Star Child."

Profound truths, wisdom, and a sense of mindfulness contained in many fairy tales and short stories written by Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov have that universal appeal which speaks to audiences of all ages and nationalities. The characters embodies in these stories and both familiar and mysterious, they open doors and make us think and, above all, are a source of inspiration. This volume speaks of friendship, passion and true meaning of love and contains...

Auf diesem Hörbuch: Das Gespenst von Canterville - Der glückliche Prinz - Der selbstsüchtige Riese - Die Nachtigall und die Rose - Lord Arthur Saviles Verbrechen und andere. Gelesen von Markus Hoffmann, Katharina Thalbach, Thomas Vogt und Gerd Wameling.

The next volume in the prize-winning and greatly acclaimed complete adaptations of Wildes tales presents The Devoted Friend on what constitutes real friendship, and The Nightingale and the Rose a stirring story of sacrifice to love with a cruel twist.

One of comic arts most respected and pioneering artists, well known for his opera adaptations and beautiful fantasy work, P. Craig Russell is in the process of adapting Oscar Wildes famous fairy tales in a series of landmark volumes. This volume includes The Selfish Giant and The Star Child.

A young man's quest for eternal youth and beauty ends in scandal, depravity and death. Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The picture of Dorian Gray was a...

Algernon is a gentlemen from a wealthy family. Algernon's close friend Jack, has a ward, Cecily. Both Algernon and Jack have created alter egos to make life more interesting. Algernon arrives for a weekend visit in the country posing as Earnest. Having heard of Earnest's misadventures, Cicely has developed an infatuation with the rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works famously on Cicely. Meanwhile, Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn, arrives for...

The collected BBC radio productions of the major works of Oscar Wilde, plus bonus play by Neil Bartlett
Loved for his flamboyant personality, sparkling wit and brilliant epigrams, Oscar Wilde was a comic genius and a literary icon.
This collection reflects the many facets of his dazzling talent. Here are dramatisations of his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Gothic tale of a gilded aristocrat who makes a dangerous pact,

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Oscar Wilde's adaptation of the biblical story delves into Salome's character and motivations when she requests the head of John the Baptist as a reward after dancing the dance of the seven veils. To her mother, Herodias's delight, Salomé's father, Herod, finds he must grant her this request.

Originally published in French, Salome was one of Oscar Wilde's most controversial plays, as it depicted scenes straight from the Bible on stage. Translated

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El Retrato de Dorian Gray escrito por el famoso autor Oscar Wilde en 1890, es una novela filosófica que representa la obsesión sobre el poder de la juventud y la belleza. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) había querido hacer de la belleza un refinamiento de la inteligencia, y para ello sumió a su protagonista, Dorian Gray, en una atmósfera de perversión dominada por el arte y los poderes de un misterio que está más allá de la realidad: gracias a los...