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Volumul de tip colectie de opere cuprinde trei povesti fascinante in limba engleza apartinand celebrului scriitor Oscar Wilde. Colectia este compusa din scurta povestire „The Canterville Ghost” si din doua piese de teatru intitulate „The Importance of Being Earnest” si „An Ideal Husband”. Volumul este potrivit pentru orice cititor care cunoaste limba engleza la un nivel avansat, indiferent de varsta....

In The Happy Prince unterbricht eine kleine Schwalbe ihre Reise in den Suden, um einen grossherzigen Prinzen dabei zu unterstutzen, den Armen zu helfen. In The Nightingale and the Rose zeigt ein Singvogel, dass er mehr von der Liebe versteht als ein junger Mann.show moreISBN: 9783852720005Nr pagini: 64 pagesFormat: 151 x 212 x 12mm | 121gAnul aparitiei: 01 Jan 2008...

Mit dem Kauf eines alten englischen Anwesens macht eine amerikanische Familie Bekanntschaft mit dem schrecklichen Hausgeist. Der Geist versucht die neuen Besitzer in Angst und Schrecken zu versetzen, doch die Amerikaner lassen sich nur schwer einschuchtern.show moreISBN: 9783852720098Nr pagini: 63 pagesFormat: 151 x 210 x 7mm | 131gAnul aparitiei: 2007...

De Profundis is Wilde's eloquent and bitter reproach from prison to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. He contrasts his behaviour with that of his close friend Robert Ross who became Wilde's literary executor.The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a deeply moving and characteristically generous poem on the horrors of prison life, which was published anonymously in 1898.This collection also includes the essay The Soul of Man under Socialism and two of his Platonic dialogues, The Decay of Lying and The Critic...

In these delightful tales, Oscar Wilde employs all his grace, artistry and wit. The Happy Prince tells of the statue of a once pleasure-loving Prince which, with the help of a selfless Swallow helps people in distress. As well as The Nightingale and the Rose, The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket, this collection contains The Selfish Giant, a remarkable story of the redemptive power of love. An aparitie: 1999Format: 19 X 12,2Numar pagini: 80

Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere's Fan. The combination of dazzling wit, subtle social criticism, sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner, both here and in his next three plays, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and his undisputed masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest.This volume includes all Wilde's plays from his early tragedy Vera to the controversial Salome and the little known fragments, La Sainte Courtisane...

Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the best-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life. Wilde took Lo...

Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design.Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to...