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Titulada originalmente como The Importance of Being Earnest, su traducción literal sería La importancia de ser serio o formal. La palabra Earnest en idioma inglés (serio, formal), y el nombre Ernest Ernesto, tienen el mismo sonido al pronunciarse. Obra de excelente trama cómica que fluye entre los sutiles diálogos de sus escenas y el relato de los hechos lleno de agudeza y frescura. Estos son los grandes valores que han hecho de esta composición una de las más representadas y aplaudidas del mundo. El enredo es una constante del argumento que creó Oscar Wilde y que se origina desde el mismo título con la dualidad entre la palabra earnest, que significa serio en inglés, y el mismo nombre de Ernesto. La obra se estrenó en 1895 con un triunfo arrollador desde el principio. Se dijo de ella que Inglaterra nunca había reído tanto con una comedia. Fue, además, uno de los éxitos mas importantes de este autor que, educado en el ambiente culto y literario de sus progenitores, consiguió abrirse muchas puertas en su entorno, tanto por su carácter equívoco como por su simpatía.

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Esta es la historia de un fantasma. De un típico fantasma británico, que vive en un típico castillo británico, asustando a todo el que ose acercarse por allí. Al fin y al cabo es su trabajo. Que no es que le guste mucho, pues está cansado de hacer lo mismo desde hace 300 años, pero su honor está en juego y todo fantasma que se precie debe causar el espanto más terrorífico entre los humanos de su alrededor. Le Fantôme de Canterville met en scène un fantôme nommé Sir Simon et un ministre américain, Mr Otis, accompagné de sa famille. À l'arrivée de ces derniers, Lord Canterville, l'ancien propriétaire des lieux, prévient Mr Otis et sa famille que le fantôme de Sir Simon hante le château depuis que ce dernier a tué sa femme Eleonore voilà quelques siècles. Or, ce fantôme, qui a toujours fait peur à toutes les personnes ayant habité ce château, n'arrive pas à effrayer cette famille américaine qui affiche une attitude résolument moderne et pragmatique. Le fantôme épuise ainsi tout son arsenal de techniques. Par exemple, quand il s'accapare la peinture de Virginia et leur faisait croire qu'il s'agit du sang de sa femme Elenore pour faire peur sans succès aux membres de la famille Otis. Finalement, il abandonne tout espoir de les effrayer quand soudain Virginia, la fille de Mr Otis, parle au fantôme et devient son amie. Grâce à elle, le fantôme part en paix, laissant derrière lui une boîte de beaux bijoux pour son amie.

El protagonista de la historia es la estatua dorada de un príncipe llena de valiosos adornos, que se encuentra en lo alto de una columna desde donde puede ver toda la ciudad; y una golondrina, que ha retrasado su migración a Egipto por haberse enamorado de un junco. La golondrina se posa sobre la estatua y ve que el príncipe está llorando a causa de las injusticias que puede observar desde su posición, pues cuando vivía siempre le hicieron creer que todo el mundo era feliz y le habían ocultado que también había gente que tenía problemas, y ahora desde allí arriba podía ver la triste realidad, realidad que es confirmada por la golondrina de la cual se hace gran amigo de ella día a día, pues le ayudara en su misión de ir ayudar a los más necesitados. Entonces le pide a la golondrina que arranque y entregue a los más necesitados las joyas que le adornan. El ave así lo empieza a hacer y al final se queda con el príncipe ayudándolo en su misión de ayudar a los más desfavorecidos, distribuyendo las joyas hasta que al final la estatua queda completamente desprovista del oro y adornos. Pero el invierno recrudece y la golondrina, a causa del frío, muere besando al príncipe en los labios. Al ver esto, el corazón de la estatua se rompe. Al poco tiempo, el alcalde de la ciudad observó el estado deteriorado de la estatua, y da orden de que sea retirada y fundida. Sin embargo, el corazón del príncipe no se funde en el horno, y lo arrojan al basural, donde descansa también el cadáver de la golondrina. Estos son tomados al cielo por un ángel que les ha considerado las dos cosas más preciosas de la ciudad por Dios, para que puedan vivir para siempre en su ciudad de oro y el jardín del paraíso.

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Contemporary reviews all praised the play's humour, though some were cautious about its explicit lack of social messages, while others foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde's artistic career so far. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play. The successful opening night marked the climax of Wilde's career but also heralded his downfall. The Marquess of Queensberry, whose son Lord Alfred Douglas was Wilde's lover, planned to present the writer with a bouquet of rotten vegetables and disrupt the show. Wilde was tipped off and Queensberry was refused admission. Soon afterwards their feud came to a climax in court, where Wilde's homosexual double life was revealed to the Victorian public and he was eventually sentenced to imprisonment. His notoriety caused the play, despite its early success, to be closed after 86 performances. After his release, he published the play from exile in Paris, but he wrote no further comic or dramatic work.

La historia de Wilde se narra a través del amigo de un hombre llamado Erskine, quien se encuentra consternado por la teoría Hughes. Erskine había escuchado de dicha teoría a través de Cyril Graham, quien había intentado persuadir a Erskine sobre ella, pero Erskine se encontraba frustrado por la falta de evidencia histórica sobre la existencia de Willie Hughes. Graham intentó encontrar dicha evidencia, pero fracasó. En vez de ello, falsificó un retrato de Hughes en el que éste es representado con su mano en un libro en el que se observa la dedicatoria de los sonetos. Erskine es convencido a través de esta evidencia, pero después descubre que el retrato resulta ser falso; un descubrimiento que lo lleva a dudar nuevamente sobre la existencia de Willie Hughes. Graham todavía cree en la teoría y, para probarlo, se dispara a sí mismo. Erskine recuenta estos eventos al narrador, quien se impresiona ante la teoría de Willie Hughes y comienza con su propia investigación hasta convencerse, sin duda alguna, de que Willie Hughes fue no solo una persona real, sino que también el sujeto de los sonetos. Él presenta esta evidencia a Erskine pero después se despoja de ella, dejando de creer en su realidad. Sin embargo, Erskine renueva su creencia en dicha teoría y se propone a encontrar el rastro de Willie Hughes; empero, al igual que Graham, no encuentra evidencia útil. El narrador mantiene que no existía algo que encontrar, siendo que Hughes nunca existió. Erskine le envía una carta en la que le menciona que la verdad yace frente a él y, como prueba de su fe en ella, comete suicidio. Posteriormente, su amigo se dirigiría a su hotel en Cannes para encontrar a Erskine muerto. Él asume que Erskine cometió suicidio, como Graham, pero el doctor le menciona que la causa real de la muerte había sido una enfermedad de la que Erskine tenía conocimiento desde hace algunos meses; él había ido a París específicamente para morir. Erskine le deja a su amigo el retrato del Sr. W.H., el cual coloca en su casa. Mucha gente hace comentarios sobre el retrato, pero el narrador jamás menciona su historia y algunas veces se pregunta a sí mismo si, después de todo, éste es verdadero.

De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to "Bosie" (Lord Alfred Douglas). In its first half Oscar Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which eventually led to Wilde's conviction and imprisonment for gross indecency. He indicts both Lord Alfred's vanity and his own weakness in acceding to those wishes. In the second half, Wilde charts his spiritual development in prison and identification with Jesus Christ, whom he characterises as a romantic, individualist artist. The letter began "Dear Bosie" and ended "Your Affectionate Friend". Oscar Wilde wrote the letter between January and March 1897, close to the end of his imprisonment. Contact had lapsed between Douglas and Wilde and the latter had suffered from his close supervision, physical labour, and emotional isolation. Nelson, the new prison governor, thought that writing might be more cathartic than prison labour. He was not allowed to send the long letter which he was allowed to write "for medicinal purposes"; each page was taken away when completed, and only at the end could he read it over and make revisions. Nelson gave the long letter to him on his release on 18 May 1897. Oscar Wilde entrusted the manuscript to the journalist Robert Ross (another former lover, loyal friend and rival to "Bosie"). Ross published the letter in 1905, five years after Wilde's death, giving it the title "De Profundis" from Psalm 130. It was an incomplete version, excised of its autobiographical elements and references to the Queensberry family; various editions gave more text until in 1962 the complete and correct version appeared in a volume of Wilde's letters. In 1891 Wilde began an intimate friendship with Lord Alfred Douglas, a young, vain aristocrat. As the two grew closer, family and friends on both sides urged Wilde and Douglas to lessen their contact. Lord Alfred's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, often feuded with his son over the topic. Especially after the suicide death of his eldest son, the Viscount Drumlanrig, Queensberry privately accused them of improper acts and threatened to cut off Lord Alfred's allowance. When they refused, he began publicly harassing Oscar Wilde. In early 1895 Wilde had reached the height of his fame and success with his plays An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest on stage in London. When Wilde returned from holidays after the premieres, he found Queensberry's card at his club with the inscription: "For Oscar Wilde, posing somdomite [sic]". Unable to bear further insults and encouraged by Lord Alfred (who wanted to attack his father in every possible way), Oscar Wilde sued Queensberry for criminal libel. Wilde withdrew his claim as the defence began but the Judge deemed that Queensberry's accusation was justified. The Crown promptly issued a warrant for his arrest and he was charged with gross indecency with other men under the Labouchere Amendment in April 1895. The trial was the centre of public discussion as details of Wilde's consorts from the working class became known. Wilde refused to admit wrongdoing and the jury were unable to reach a verdict. At the retrial Wilde was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, to be held to hard labour.

El ruiseñor y la rosa es un cuento escrito por el poeta, escritor y dramaturgo británico-irlandés Oscar Wilde. Fue publicado por primeral ruiseño vez en El príncipe feliz y otros cuentos junto a otros cuatro cuentos del autor en 1888. Fue el cuento más destacado del primeral ya mencionado. La historia trata de un joven estudiante enamorado de una chica (Hija de su profesor). Necesitaba una rosa roja para impresionarla y que así ella fuera al baile con él. Sólo tenía rosas blancas en su jardín, entonces se puso a llorar. Un ruiseñor le vio y este, ilusionado con la idea de que el joven pueda encontrar el amor verdadero, toma la decisión de ser torturado toda la noche cantando a la luz de la luna y sacrificar su vida para entregar su sangre a un rosal seco que estaba en la ventana del estudiante, para que naciera una rosa roja. El joven al despertarse al otro día y al mirar a su ventana, se emociona y toma la rosa, que más tarde se la lleva a la chica, pero esta lo rechaza argumentando que ya otros le habían dado mejores regalos (Como el Hijo del Chambelan) y que esa rosa era común y sin valor. Pues al parecer a la bella dama solo le importaban las apariencias y los bienes materiales.

"SALOMÉ" has made the author's name a household word wherever the English language is not spoken. Few English plays have such a peculiar history. Written in French in 1892 it was in full rehearsal by Madame Bernhardt at the Palace Theatre when it was prohibited by the Censor. Oscar Wilde immediately announced his intention of changing his nationality, a characteristic jest, which was only taken seriously, oddly enough, in Ireland. The interference of the Censor has seldom been more popular or more heartily endorsed by English critics. On its publication in book form "Salomé" was greeted by a chorus of ridicule, and it may be noted in passing that at least two of the more violent reviews were from the pens of unsuccessful dramatists, while all those whose French never went beyond Ollendorff were glad to find in that venerable school classic an unsuspected asset in their education-a handy missile with which to pelt "Salomé" and its author. The correctness of the French was, of course, impugned, although the scrip had been passed by a distinguished French writer, to whom I have heard the whole work attributed. The Times, while depreciating the drama, gave its author credit for a tour de force, in being capable of writing a French play for Madame Bernhardt, and this drew from him the following letter: -

De profundis es la epístola que Oscar Wilde escribió para su compañero, Lord Alfred Douglas en la prisión de Reading en marzo de 1897, dos meses antes de que cumpliera su sentencia, la cual fue impuesta por el delito de sodomía. Bella, empática, triste, conmovedora, irritante, reflexiva, espiritual... muchos adjetivos pueden definir esta obra, dependiendo del lector. Lo cierto es que, a pesar de la confrontación de diversos sentimientos, el autor redacta cada palabra de esta obra con esperanza; esperanza de recibir una respuesta, cualquiera que esta fuera, del principal responsable de su estancia en prisión. During its first half Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which eventually led to Wilde's conviction and imprisonment for gross indecency. He indicts both Lord Alfred's vanity and his own weakness in acceding to those wishes. In the second half, Wilde charts his spiritual development in prison and identification with Jesus Christ, whom he characterises as a romantic, individualist artist. The letter began "Dear Bosie" and ended "Your Affectionate Friend". Wilde wrote the letter between January and March 1897, close to the end of his imprisonment. Contact had lapsed between Douglas and Wilde and the latter had suffered from his close supervision, physical labour and emotional isolation. Nelson, the new prison governor, thought that writing might be more cathartic than prison labour. He was not allowed to send the long letter which he was allowed to write "for medicinal purposes"; each page was taken away when completed, and only at the end could he read it over and make revisions. Nelson gave the long letter to him on his release on 18 May 1897. Wilde entrusted the manuscript to the journalist Robert Ross (an ex-lover, and rival to "Bosie"). Ross published the letter in 1905, five years after Wilde's death, giving it the title "De Profundis" from Psalm 130. It was an incomplete version, excised of its autobiographical elements and references to the Queensberry family; various editions gave more text until in 1962 the complete and correct version appeared in a volume of Wilde's letters.

Vera; or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the life of Vera Zasulich. It was Wilde's first play, and the first to be performed. In 1880, with only a few copies privately printed, arrangements were made with noted actresses for a production the United Kingdom, but this never materialized. The first ever public performance was in New York in 1883 at the Union Square Theatre based on revisions made by Wilde while lecturing in America in 1882.

A statue of a long dead prince befriends a swallow who helps the Prince to alleviate the suffering of the townspeople. The Selfish Giant owns a beautiful garden which he wants to keep for himself. A young child melts his cold heart and brings him happiness.

The Canterville Ghost By Oscar Wilde. "The Canterville Ghost" is a short story by Oscar Wilde, widely adapted for the screen and stage. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March 1887. The story is about a family who moves to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead nobleman, who killed his wife and was starved to death by his wife's brothers.

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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Wilde's parents were successful Anglo-Irish Dublin intellectuals. Their son became fluent in French and German early in life. At university, Wilde read Greats; he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Dublin, then at Oxford. He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. In this book: The Picture of Dorian Gray The Canterville Ghost An Ideal Husband The Importance of Being Earnest

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Oscar Wilde, an Irish Writer, Playwright and renowned poet. He was born on 16th Oct 1854 and was died on 30th Nov 1900. His famous work includes: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), and De Profundis (written in 1897 & published in 1905)

The master of wit and irony Published here alongside their evocative original illustrations, these fairy tales, as Oscar Wilde himself explained, were written "partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy."

A menos que se sea rico, no sirve de nada ser una persona encantadora. Lo romántico es privilegio de los ricos, no profesión de los desempleados. Los pobres debieran ser prácticos y prosaicos. Vale más tener una renta permanente que ser fascinante. Estas son las grandes verdades de la vida moderna que Hughie Erskine nunca comprendió. ¡Pobre Hughie! Intelectualmente, hemos de admitir, no era muy notable. Nunca dijo en su vida una cosa brillante, ni siquiera una cosa mal intencionada. Pero era, en cambio, asombrosamente bien parecido, con su pelo castaño rizado, su perfil bien recortado y sus ojos grises. Era tan popular entre los hombres como entre las mujeres, y tenía todas las cualidades, menos la de hacer dinero. Hughie Erskine is in love and wants to marry, but the girl's father will not allow it, since Erskine has no money. Erskine's friend, Alan Trevor is a painter, and he visits him at his studio one day to find him with a pitiable beggar-the model for his painting. Erskine only has one coin, which he depends on for transportation, but he decides he can walk for a couple weeks and gives the beggar the coin. The beggar is in reality an immensely wealthy baron, having a portrait of himself as a beggar done for fun. He is so impressed by Erskine's generosity that he gives him £10,000, enough for the girl's father to consent to his proposal.

Wilde's scintillating drawing-room comedy revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, and a formidable femme fatale exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the action of the play at a lively pace.

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!!!EDICIÓN ILUSTRADA!!! En la tradición bíblica, se dice que Salomé pide "caprichosamente" la muerte de Juan el Bautista al Tetrarca Herodes Antipas a causa de la instigación que Juan causaba su madre Herodías, reprochándola por convivir con Herodes a pesar de estar casada con Filipo, hermano de Herodes. (Marcos 6:14-29 y Mateo 14:6-12) A pesar de que Herodes no deseaba castigar a Juan, se ve obligado a cumplir una imprudente oferta a Salomé, cuyo baile ante los invitados a su banquete le ha complacido ("pídeme lo que quieras y te lo daré"). Asesorada por Herodías, Salomé le pide la cabeza del Bautista, que le es entregada en una bandeja... En la presente obra dramatúrgica, bien titulada "Salomé", maldita y prohibida por mucho tiempo -tal y como su autor-, Oscar Wilde añade al personaje de Salomé todo un argumento que trastoca la historia evangélica de Juan el Bautista. A diferencia de la tradición bíblica, en esta obra, Salomé está enamorada (obsesivamente incluso) de Jokanaan (Juan el Bautista), quien rechaza su amor. La petición de que sea decapitado se produce, pues, por despecho. Esta obra es una recreación de Eros y Thanatos: Salomé, deseosa y resentida, se complace al besar los labios de la cabeza cortada de Jokanaan (Juan el Bautista). Un soldado sirio, enamorado perdidamente de Salomé, comete suicidio. Herodes, enamorado a su vez de Salomé, su hijastra, ordena matarla.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.[1] The magazine's editor feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted roughly five hundred words before publication. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press, although he personally made excisions of some of the most controversial material when revising and lengthening the story for book publication the following year.

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Book One: The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. The magazine's editor feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted roughly five hundred words before publication. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press, although he personally made excisions of some of the most controversial material when revising and lengthening the story for book publication the following year. Book Two The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Contemporary reviews all praised the play's humour, though some were cautious about its explicit lack of social messages, while others foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde's artistic career so far. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.

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