[PDF] The Little Book Of Oscar Wilde eBook

Author : Orange Hippo!
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,17 MB
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1800690649

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Flamboyant and witty, Oscar Wilde was famous for being famous. The toast of late-nineteenth London society, he once boasted he could speak spontaneously on any subject, and his writings were as varied as his captivating conversation. One of the leading playwrights of his age, he also found fame as a poet, novelist and essayist. Of course, Wilde's literary success is bound up with the tragedy of his private life, and his very name evokes fascination. Including Wilde's funniest remarks and ripostes as well as deeper reflections, this collection of wit and wisdom will amuse, provoke and delight. 'There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.' Lord Henry in The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890. 'Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.' Intentions, 'The Critic as Artist', 1891.

Author : Running Press
Publisher : RP Minis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0762449829

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"I must die as I lived, beyond my means." Arguably the most quoted man in history, and certainly in his day, this enormous miniature collection is filled with Oscar Wildes' most notorious and witty sayings. Organized into five neat sections useful for any situation, this book is perfect for either enjoying in small bites or devouring in one sitting. Featuring a biography, quotes, a poem and short story, it is a must have for Wilde lovers and novices alike.

Author : Thomas Wright
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,49 MB
Release : 2010-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 142993509X

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An entirely new kind of biography, Built of Books explores the mind and personality of Oscar Wilde through his taste in books This intimate account of Oscar Wilde's life and writings is richer, livelier, and more personal than any book available about the brilliant writer, revealing a man who built himself out of books. His library was his reality, the source of so much that was vital to his life. A reader first, his readerly encounters, out of all of life's pursuits, are seen to be as significant as his most important relationships with friends, family, or lovers. Wilde's library, which Thomas Wright spent twenty years reading, provides the intellectual (and emotional) climate at the core of this deeply engaging portrait. One of the book's happiest surprises is the story of the author's adventure reading Wilde's library. Reminiscent of Jorge Luis Borges's fictional hero who enters Cervantes's mind by saturating himself in the culture of sixteenth-century Spain, Wright employs Wilde as his own Virgilian guide to world literature. We come to understand how reading can be an extremely sensual experience, producing a physical as well as a spiritual delight.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 25,36 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0486111008

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Amusing, thought-provoking epigrams, aphorisms, and other jests from the plays, essays, and lively conversation of Oscar Wilde offer a feast of humorous and profound quips. Nearly 400 quotes.

Author : Thomas Wright
Publisher : Random House
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 38,15 MB
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1446496104

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For Wilde, as for many people, reading could be as powerful and transformative an experience as falling in love. He devoured books, talked books, luxuriated in books and lavished books on his friends- they played, too, a vital part in his seductions of young men. Oscar's Books tells the story of Wilde's life through his reading, from his childhood in Dublin, where he was nurtured on Celtic myth, Romantic poetry and Irish folklore; through his undergraduate years in which he built his intellect out of books; to prison, where his friends supplied him with literature which saved his sanity; to his final years in Paris where he consoled himself with old favourites such as Flaubert and Balzac. Fresh, utterly engaging and wholly original, Oscar's Books is an entirely new kind of biography.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 14,48 MB
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0486168425

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"I have put my genius into my life," declared Oscar Wilde, adding, "I have put only my talent into my works." This gift edition of the renowned poet and playwright's aphorisms draws upon both realms. Hundreds of sparkling jests and epigrams include quips from Wilde's personal letters and conversations as well as his fiction, essays, lectures, and plays. The most comprehensive collection of Wilde's witticisms, it will delight both longtime fans and new readers.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 12,58 MB
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0486121860

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Complete texts of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales," "A House of Pomegranates," "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories," "Poems in Prose," and "The Portrait of Mr. W. H."

Author : Richard Ellmann
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 28,22 MB
Release : 2013-09-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0804151121

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Winner of both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize, Oscar Wilde is the definitive biography of the tortured poet and playwright and the last book by renowned biographer and literary critic Richard Ellmann. Ellmann dedicated two decades to the research and writing of this biography, resulting in a complex and richly detailed portrait of Oscar Wilde. Ellman captures the wit, creativity, and charm of the psychologically and sexually complicated writer, as well as the darker aspects of his personality and life. Covering everything from Wilde's rise as a young literary talent to his eventual imprisonment and death in exile with exquisite detail, Ellmann's fascinating account of Wilde's life and work is a resounding triumph.

Author : Hippo! Orange
Publisher : Little Book Of
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,41 MB
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781911610496

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This collection of wit and wisdom includes Wilde's funniest remarks and ripostes as well as deeper reflections.