[PDF] The Wit And Humour Of Oscar Wilde eBook

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 17,70 MB
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0486122433

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More than 1000 ripostes, paradoxes, and epigrams on sin, society, genius, wealth, men, women, religion, America, education, and smoking: "Work is the curse of the drinking classes," "I can resist everything except temptation," etcetera. Also excerpts from his trial testimony, where the tragedy implicit in Wilde's humor is nowhere more vivid.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Wit and humor
ISBN : 9780880299459

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Oscar Wilde is one of the most quoted and quotable men in history. He once boasted that he could talk spontaneously on any subject, a claim effortlessly borne out by the range and scope of the examples collected in this book. It is an entertaining, instructive, and revealing look at a man who is unlikely ever to be forgotten. "Oscar Wilde," wrote Richard Ellmann, "we have only to hear the great name to anticipate that what will be quoted as his will surprise and delight us. His wit is an agent of renewal, as pertinent now as a hundred years ago."

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 14,53 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 : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,96 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781843172413

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In a unique tribute to one of history's most revered writers, this anthology highlights the virtuoso of the well-turned phrase and the master of the studied insult, Oscar Wilde. So perfect were Wilde’s verbal thrusts that his victims were often flattered to have been the cause of them.nbsp;This sparkling collection shows why, more than 100 years after his death,nbsp;Wilde’s dazzling repartee and the wicked brilliance of his social observations continue to entertain and enthrall succeeding generations.

Author : Maria Leach
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 21,32 MB
Release : 2020-07-21
Category :
ISBN : 9780369342096

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A celebration of the virtuoso of well-turned phrases and the master of the studied insult with this collection of his most acerbic quips. No playwright apart from Shakespeare is as widely quoted and Oscar Wilde's needle-sharp rejoinders are often repeated with delight. However, his jibes were rarely cruel, and displayed a profound understanding of the human character and its vanities.

Author : Maria Leach
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
Release : 2020-07-21
Category :
ISBN : 9780369362247

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A celebration of the virtuoso of well-turned phrases and the master of the studied insult with this collection of his most acerbic quips. No playwright apart from Shakespeare is as widely quoted and Oscar Wilde's needle-sharp rejoinders are often repeated with delight. However, his jibes were rarely cruel, and displayed a profound understanding of the human character and its vanities.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,22 MB
Release : 1997
Category : English wit and humor
ISBN :

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Oscar Wilde was the master of the studied insult. His jabs at hypocrisy, pretense and boring conventionality still have a penetrating power. His snubs and put-downs became the talk of his time, no less by his targets than by Wilde himself. This illustrated collection features over 750 of his biting comments.

Author : Maria Leach
Publisher : Michael O'Mara
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,41 MB
Release : 2010-10-14
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781843175193

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This is a celebration of the virtuoso of well-turned phrases and the master of the studied insult - Oscar Wilde. This book shows us why people are still drawn to Wilde's dazzling repartee and the wicked brilliance of his social observations, while his plays and stories continue to entertain and enthral succeeding generations.