"Backgrounds" and "Reviews and Reactions" allow readers to gauge the novel's sensational reception and to consider the heated public debate over art and morality that the novel engendered. "Criticism" includes seven new essays on the...

Eins der schönsten Kunstmärchen der Weltliteratur - eingebunden in die Musik von Edward Elgar. »Hoch über der Stadt, auf einer schmalen Säule stand die Statue des glücklichen Prinzen. Er war über und über mit feinem Blattgold besetzt.«...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Ben Barnes, star of the film adaptation of Dorian Gray, also known for his roles in Westworld and The Chronicles of Narnia. This definitive recording includes an...

The house at Canterville Chase has been haunted for centuries-but that isn't about to stop the determined American family who has come to live there. In fact, even when evidence of the haunting proves indisputable, they remain undaunted,...

Though best known for his drama and fiction, Oscar Wilde was also a pioneering critic. He introduced the idea that criticism was an act of creation, not just appraisal. Wilde transformed the genre by extending its ambit beyond art to...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access...

The Importance of Being Earnest (Legend Classics) von Wilde, Oscar

One of Oscar Wilde's most enduringly popular collections of children's stories, in an edition produced in collaboration with Liberty's using original fabric design prints. von Wilde, Oscar

This book provides commentary notes alongside the play text of Wilde's first successful society comedy of late Victorian society and is an account of the play's historical, social and theatrical context. von Wilde, Oscar

Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The...

London im späten 19. Jahrhundert: Eine Stadt voller Gegensätze - großer Reichtum und unendliche Armut, Schönes und so viel Häßliches, Moral und Unmoral. Inmitten alldessen trifft der Leser den schönen und wohlhabenden Dorian Gray. Er...

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) war ein irischer Schriftsteller.Wilde wurde zu seiner Zeit als Schriftsteller bewundert und war im prüden viktorianischen England zugleich als Skandalautor und Dandy verschrien. Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray ist der...