Oscar Wilde

The Best of Oscar Wilde (MP3-Download)

The Canterville Ghost, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Happy Prince and other stories Ungekürzte Lesung. 625 Min.
Sprecher: Gibson, Paul; Reno, Abigail; Williams, Richard

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Produktbeschreibung

"The ones who are able to see the high meaning of beauty are cultural people. However, the chosen one is the one who sees only one thing in beauty: the Beauty itself" said one of the most famous English poets, writers, playwrights, a bright and inimitable Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Oscar Wilde is the author of not only the world famous novel "Portrait of Dorian Gray", but also of beautiful fairy tales combining the rich imagination of the writer and the ironic style of narration. Every detail has a symbolic meaning and beauty, along with the good, acts as an inseparable whole. Tales give the most complete picture of Wilde's vivid multifaceted talent; these works are graceful, ghostly poetic "symbolist" tales. They sing the beauty of good deeds, sympathy for the offended and humanity. "Canterville Ghost" - a story by Oscar Wilde - A fantastic story that human kindness and participation can remove even the most terrible curses. Wilde is also famous for such works as "The Happy Prince", "Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend" and "The Remarkable Rocket". Selected works of Oscar Wilde "The Best of Oscar Wild" is the book that everyone should read to understand themselves and each other. Contents: The Picture of Dorian Gray The Canterville Ghost The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Selfish Giant The Devoted Friend The Remarkable Rocket

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 99 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4099995434651
• Artikelnr.: 70557215

Autorenporträt

Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, on October 16, 1854. He was an outstanding student of classics at Trinity College, and, in 1874, entered Magdalen College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize with his poem “Ravenna” (1878). An early leader of the “Aesthetic Movement,” which advanced the concept of “Art for Art’s Sake,” Wilde became a prominent personality in literary and social circles. His volume of fairy tales, The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) was followed by The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) and The House of Pomegranates (1892). However, it was not until his play Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) was presented to the public that he became widely famous. A Woman of No Importance (1893) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) confirmed his stature as a dramatist. In 1895 he brought libel action against the Marquis of Queensbury; revelations at the trial about his relationships led to his being sentenced under the Criminal Law Amendment for homosexual acts. Upon his release in 1897, he settled on the Continent, where he wrote his most powerful and enduring poem, “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” (1898). Oscar Wilde died in Paris on November 30, 1900. Sylvan Barnet, who received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, is professor of English at Tufts University, specializing in English drama.  He is the General Editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series and the author or coauthor of many books, including Types of Drama, 8th edition, and An Introduction to Literature, 13th edition. Marylu Hill is the Director of the Center for Liberal Education at Villanova University. She is the author of Mothering Modernity:  Feminism, Modernism, and the Maternal Muse (1999), and coeditor (with Paul Kerry) of Thomas Carlyle Resartus (2010). She has published numerous essays on Victorian subjects, including Thomas Carlyle, Christina Rossetti, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Her current book project is on Oscar Wilde and Platonic dialogue.