Books by Oscar Wilde

The Canterville Ghost is a humorous tale of an English ghost, set in Canterville Chase, an ancient English house that has all the requisite signs of appearing haunted. An American family of six the Otis family moves into the house despite being warned that the house is haunted.None of the members of the Otis family believe in the presence of the ghost. However, they keep finding the increasing evidence of the ghosts presence. Despite that, the Otises refuse to believe that the house is haunted. From clanking chains to strange apparitions to bloodstains that keep reappearing, they take everything in their stride. They go about their life as usual, not frightened in the least. Only Virginia, the daughter of the Otis family, believes that the ghost exists.The narrator of the story is none other than Sir Simon, the ghost himself. He is characterised by a colorful personality and complex emotions. His regular talks with Virginia about matters of life and death reveal the complexity of his feelings.The Canterville Ghost first appeared in The Court and Society Review Magazine in February 1887. It has been adapted for film, theatre, and music.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era.In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays.Wilde was a proponent of the Aesthetic movement, which emphasized aesthetic values more than moral or social themes. This doctrine is most clearly summarized in the phrase art for arts sake.

Oscar Wilde: Das Gespenst von CantervilleLesefreundlicher Großdruck in 16-pt-SchriftGroßformat, 210 x 297 mmBerliner Ausgabe, 2019Durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor BorkenThe Canterville Ghost. Erstdruck in »The Court and Society Review«, London, 1887. Hier in der deutschen Übersetzung von Franz Blei, Insel-Verlag, Leipzig, 1926.Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Frederick Henry Townsend, Das Gespenst von Canterville, 1887.Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt.Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales. Wilde once said that this collection was "intended neither for the British child nor the British public."The stories included in this collection are:The Young KingThe Birthday of the InfantaThe Fisherman and his SoulThe Star-Child

Der junge Dorian Grey lässt ein Bildnis seiner jugendlichen Schönheit anfertigen und bedauert, dass er altern und daher nicht mehr die Schönheit seiner Jugend erhalten können wird. Er äußert den Wunsch, das Bild möge an seiner statt alt werden, und sein Wunsch geht in Erfüllung. Doch hat Dorian Grey nicht mit den Folgen der Erfüllung seines Wunsches nach ewiger Schönheit gerechnet.

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Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mood in his art as a painter. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic world view: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied amoral experiences while staying young and beautiful; all the while, his portrait ages and records every sin.

"Socialism, Communism, or whatever one chooses to call it, by converting private property into public wealth, and substituting co-operation for competition, will restore society to its proper condition of a thoroughly healthy organism, and insure the material well-being of each member of the community."

Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mood in his art as a painter. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic world view: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life.Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied amoral experiences while staying young and beautiful; all the while, his portrait ages and records every sin.The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Fearing the story was indecent, the magazine's editor deleted roughly five hundred words before publication without Wilde's knowledge. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press, although he personally made excisions of some of the most controversial material when revising and lengthening the story for book publication the following year.Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for "gross indecency", imprisonment, and early death at age 46.

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L'Âme de l'homme sous le socialisme (The Soul of Man under Socialism) est un essai d'Oscar Wilde publié en 1891 défendant une vision individualiste libertaire dans un monde socialiste.Dans cet essai étonnant qui paraît en 1891, treize ans avant la sortie du premier numéro du journal L'Humanité fondé par Jaurès, Oscar Wilde avait prévu que les cyniques des démocraties occidentales survivraient à leur électorat.L'auteur défend passionnément une société égalitaire dans laquelle la richesse serait partagée entre tous, tout en mettant en garde contre les dangers d'un socialisme autoritaire qui détruirait toute individualité. Il précise plus tard « Je pense que je suis un peu plus qu'un socialiste. J'ai quelque chose d'un anarchiste, je pense ».Wilde y défend aussi l'idée d'un socialisme radicalement original, centré sur l'idéal de l'artiste et de l'homme cultivé, contre tout despotisme qui le contraindrait, fût-ce celui du peuple ou des bons sentiments. Cet essai aborde d'autres aspects de la politique, bien que Wilde centre son examen critique sur la condition de l'artiste dans la société anglaise de son temps.Extraits« Le principal avantage qui résulterait de l'établissement du socialisme serait, à n'en pas douter, que nous serions délivrés par lui de cette sordide nécessité de vivre pour d'autres, qui dans l'état actuel des choses, pèse d'un poids si lourd sur tous presque sans exception. En fait, on ne voit pas qui peut s'y soustraire ».« Le socialisme en lui-même aura pour grand avantage de conduire à l'individualisme. »« La véritable perfection de l'homme consiste non dans ce qu'il a, mais dans ce qu'il est. »« Quand Jésus parle de pauvres, il entend simplement par là des personnalités, tout comme sa mention de riches s'applique à des hommes qui n'ont pas développé leurs personnalités. »« Il y a dans une nation, une seule classe qui pense plus à l'argent que les riches, et ce sont les pauvres. »« Tous les systèmes de gouvernement sont des avortements. »« On avait jadis fondé de grandes espérances sur la démocratie, mais le mot de démocratie signifie simplement que le peuple régit le peuple à coups de triques dans l'intérêt du peuple. »« L'État a pour objet de faire ce qui est utile. »

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. 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, while others were cautious about its lack of social messages. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.The successful opening night marked the climax of Wilde's career but also heralded his downfall. The Marquess of Queensberry, whose son Lord Alfred Douglas was Wilde's lover, planned to present the writer with a bouquet of rotten vegetables and disrupt the show. Wilde was tipped off and Queensberry was refused admission. Their feud came to a climax in court, where Wilde's homosexuality was revealed to the Victorian public and he was sentenced to imprisonment. Despite the play's early success, Wilde's notoriety caused the play to be closed after 86 performances. After his release from prison, he published the play from exile in Paris, but he wrote no further comic or dramatic work.The Importance of Being Earnest has been revived many times since its premiere. It has been adapted for the cinema on three occasions. In The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), Dame Edith Evans reprised her celebrated interpretation of Lady Bracknell; The Importance of Being Earnest (1992) by Kurt Baker used an all-black cast; and Oliver Parker's The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) incorporated some of Wilde's original material cut during the preparation of the original stage production.