Wilde Oscar eBooks
eBooks di Wilde Oscar editi da Diamond Book Publishing di Formato Mobipocket
Chi cerca i libri di Oscar Wilde desidera immergersi in una prosa brillante, intrisa di estetica, ironia tagliente e critica sociale. Seguire i libri in ordine cronologico di Oscar Wilde permette al lettore di comprendere l'evoluzione del pensiero dell'autore, passando dalle raccolte di poesie iniziali al fulgore del suo unico romanzo, fino alle pièce teatrali che hanno ridefinito la drammaturgia vittoriana, offrendo uno sguardo profondo sulle contraddizioni della società del tempo.
Biografia dell'autore
Oscar Wilde nasce a Dublino nel 1854. Si forma al Trinity College di Dublino e al Magdalen College di Oxford, dove si distingue per la sua eccentricità e il suo talento accademico. Figura centrale del Decadentismo europeo, Wilde diviene un celebre autore, commediografo e saggista, celebrato per il suo spirito arguto nei salotti londinesi. La sua vita, segnata dal successo artistico, subisce un tragico declino a causa di un celebre processo che lo condanna ai lavori forzati. Muore a Parigi nel 1900, lasciando un’eredità letteraria immensa che ancora oggi affascina per modernità e anticonformismo.
Stile di scrittura
I libri di Oscar Wilde si distinguono per un uso magistrale dell'aforisma, una lingua sofisticata e una satira pungente rivolta all'ipocrisia della classe dirigente. Il suo unico romanzo, Il ritratto di Dorian Gray, resta un pilastro della letteratura mondiale, esplorando l'eterna lotta tra morale e bellezza attraverso il personaggio iconico di Dorian. Altrettanto celebri sono le sue commedie, come L'importanza di chiamarsi Ernesto, dove la trama degli equivoci diventa strumento per sbeffeggiare le convenzioni sociali. Wilde ha saputo trasformare ogni narrazione in un riflesso di se stesso, rendendo il paradosso la cifra stilistica più riconoscibile del suo genio letterario.
The Canterville GhostA Humorous Ghost Story. E-book. Formato Mobipocket 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 Mobipocket 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 Mobipocket 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.