Complete short fiction
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Complete short fiction Oscar Wilde ; edited by Ian Small - London New York Penguin Books 2003 - xxxv, 279 p. 20 cm. - Penguin classics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxix-[xxxi]).
Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in 'The Model Millionaire', while 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.
0141439696
2003269458
Fairy tales England Children's stories, English
PR5812 / .S53 2003
823/.8
Complete short fiction Oscar Wilde ; edited by Ian Small - London New York Penguin Books 2003 - xxxv, 279 p. 20 cm. - Penguin classics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxix-[xxxi]).
Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in 'The Model Millionaire', while 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.
0141439696
2003269458
Fairy tales England Children's stories, English
PR5812 / .S53 2003
823/.8