"The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" is a play by Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish...
Miscellaneous Aphorisms: The Soul Of Man
A vast collection of Wilde's aphorisms.Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.
The Canterville Ghost
"The Canterville Ghost" is a short story by Oscar Wilde.The story is about a family who moves to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead nobleman, who killed his wife...
De Profundis
"De Profundis" (Latin: "from the depths") is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to "Bosie" (Lord Alfred...
The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
The Ballad of Reading Gaol was written in exile in France. The poem narrates the execution of Wooldridge; it moves from an objective story-telling to symbolic identification with...
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
On its first publication The Picture of Dorian Gray was regarded as dangerously modern in its depiction of fin-de-siècle decadence.In this celebrated work, his only novel,...
The Birthday Of The Infanta
The King of Spain has been a widower for nearly twelve years, the Queen having died shortly after their daughter the Infanta was born. The Queen's death has left the King a deeply...
The Remarkable Rocket
Set in a magical kingdom where a wealthy prince and a Russian princess meet for the first time and fall madly in love with each other. Their wedding is to be a huge celebration...
The Sphinx Without A Secret
Lord Murchison recounts to his old friend a strange tale of a woman he had loved and intended to marry, but was now dead. She had always been very secretive and mysterious, and he...
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray is an example of Gothic fiction in which the great theme is Aestheticism and its relation between life, beauty, disillusions. The first version of this...
