The Complete Short Fiction by Oscar Wilde

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The Complete Short Fiction by Oscar Wilde

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Zusammenfassung

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 skill in a range of literary styles. The stories include: "The Canterville Ghost", "The Model Millionaire" and "The Happy Prince".

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The Complete Short Fiction by Oscar Wilde

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.

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Born in Ireland, Wilde (1854-1900) was educated in Dublin and Oxford and went on to become the leading exponent of aestheticism. His work includes plays, a novel, poetry and criticism. Imprisoned for homosexual acts, he died after his release in exile in Paris.
Ian Small is a reader in English Literature at the University of Birmingham.

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ISBN 13 9780141439693
ISBN 10 0141439696
Titel The Complete Short Fiction
Autor Oscar Wilde
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Penguin Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 2003-02-27
Seitenanzahl 320
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