Oscar Wilde eBooks
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nacque a Dublino nel 1854. Poeta, romanziere, commediografo, è il più importante scrittore dell’epoca vittoriana. Nel 1895, al culmine della sua fama, venne condannato per omosessualità a due anni di carcere duro. Morì nel 1900. Di Oscar Wilde la Newton Compton ha pubblicato: Poesie e Ballata dal carcere di Reading; L’importanza di essere onesto, Il ventaglio di Lady Windermere - Una donna senza importanza - Un marito ideale; De Profundis e Due lettere al «Daily Chronicle»; Il ritratto di Dorian Gray; Aforismi; Manuale del perfetto impertinente, Tutti i racconti e il volume unico Tutte le opere.
The Canterville GhostA Humorous Ghost Story. E-book. Formato PDF Oscar Wilde - Diamond Book Publishing, 2019 -
Everybody in the county knows that the great manor of Canterville Chase has been haunted for three hundred years. But when the American minister Mr Otis moves in with his wife and family, they refuse to be frightened by something as Old World as a ghost. The Canterville Ghost vows to have his revenge and terrify them all to death with his most despicable and evil deeds. But after the minister offers practical solutions such as Pinkerton’s Champion Stain Remover for the blood stain in the sitting room, and Tammany Rising Sun Lubricator for his rusty chains, and the twin boys torture him by throwing pillows at his head and pelleting him with their pea shooters, it’s the poor ghost who is left severely spooked. Can he possibly rescue his reputation, or will the family finally offer him a chance to lay his – detachable – head down forever?
The Importance of Being EarnestA Play. E-book. Formato PDF Oscar Wilde - Diamond Book Publishing, 2019 -
The Importance of Being Earnest Was First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Some contemporary reviews praised the play's humour and the culmination of Wilde's artistic career.
The Picture of Dorian GrayWhat Would You do for Perpetual Youth?. E-book. Formato PDF Oscar Wilde - Diamond Book Publishing, 2019 -
In Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s enduringly popular story of a beautiful and corrupt man and the portrait that reveals all his secrets. Entranced by the perfection of his recently painted portrait, the youthful Dorian Gray expresses a wish that the figure on the canvas could age and change in his place. When his wish comes true, the portrait becomes his hideous secret as he follows a downward trajectory of decadence and cruelty that leaves its traces only in the portrait’s degraded image. Wilde’s unforgettable portrayal of a Faustian bargain and its consequences is narrated with his characteristic incisive wit and diamond-sharp prose. The result is a novel that is as flamboyant and controversial as its incomparable author.