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Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman is a play by Oscar Wilde, who uses his sharp wit to satirize Victorian ideals about marriage. Lady Windemere suspects her husband of infidelity and retaliates by taking a lover. Her husband's suspected lover follows her, begging her to return to Lord Windemere. The lover sacrifices her own reputation for that of Lady Windemere, in order to save that lady's marriage.

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En esta obra, Wilde nos presenta la historia de un hombre que es reconocido en la sociedad como alguien noble, inteligente y con un gran prospecto en la vida política de la época.

Una casa de granadas es un libro de cuentos de hadas publicado en 1892 por Oscar Wilde. Fue instituido como la continuación del libro de cuentos El Príncipe Feliz y otros cuentos (1888). Wilde dijo una vez que esta colección no fue planeada ni para los niños británicos ni para el público británico. Los cuentos incluidos en esta colección son: El joven rey El cumpleaños de la Infanta El pescador y su alma El niño estrella

n many of the somewhat violent attacks that have recently been made on that splendour of mounting which now characterises our Shakespearian revivals in England, it seems to have been tacitly assumed by the critics that Shakespeare himself was more or less indifferent to the costumes of his actors, and that, could he see Mrs. Langtry's production of Antony and Cleopatra, he would probably say that the play, and the play only, is the thing, and that everything else is leather and prunella. While, as regards any historical accuracy in dress, Lord Lytton, in an article in the Nineteenth Century, has laid it down as a dogma of art that archaeology is entirely out of place in the presentation of any of Shakespeare's plays, and the attempt to introduce it one of the stupidest pedantries of an age of prigs. Lord Lytton's position I shall examine later on; but, as regards the theory that Shakespeare did not busy himself much about the costume-wardrobe of his theatre, anybody who cares to study Shakespeare's method will see that there is absolutely no dramatist of the French, English, or Athenian stage who relies so much for his illusionist effects on the dress of his actors as Shakespeare does himself. Knowing how the artistic temperament is always fascinated by beauty of costume, he constantly introduces into his plays masques and dances, purely for the sake of the pleasure which they give the eye.

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest, it is his most popularly produced play. In the summer of 1893, Oscar Wilde began writing An Ideal Husband, and he completed it later that winter. His work began at Goring-on-Thames, after which he named the character Lord Goring, and concluded at St. James Place. He initially sent the completed play to the Garrick Theatre, where the manager rejected it, but it was soon accepted by the Haymarket Theatre, where Lewis Waller had temporarily taken control. Waller was an excellent actor and cast himself as Sir Robert Chiltern. The play gave the Haymarket the success it desperately needed. After opening on 3 January 1895, it continued for 124 performances. In April of that year, Oscar Wilde was arrested for "gross indecency" and his name was publicly removed from the play. On 6 April, the same day as Wilde's arrest, the play moved to the Criterion Theatre where it ran from 13-27 April. The play was published in 1899, although Wilde was not listed as the author. This published version differs slightly from the performed play, for Oscar Wilde added many passages and cut others. Prominent additions included written stage directions and character descriptions. Wilde was a leader in the effort to make plays accessible to the reading public.

Lord Arthur Savile s Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi comic mystery stories that were written by Oscar Wilde and published in 1891. It includes: Lord Arthur Savile s Crime The Canterville Ghost The Sphinx Without a Secret The Model Millionaire In later editions, another story, The Portrait of Mr. W. H., was added to the collection.

DUCHESS Alas, my Lord, Such common things as neither you nor I, Nor any of these noble gentlemen, Have ever need at all to think about; They say the bread, the very bread they eat, Is made of sorry chaff.

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest, it is his most popularly produced play.In the summer of 1893, Oscar Wilde began writing An Ideal Husband, and he completed it later that winter. His work began at Goring-on-Thames, after which he named the character Lord Goring, and concluded at St. James Place. He initially sent the completed play to the Garrick Theatre, where the manager rejected it, but it was soon accepted by the Haymarket Theatre, where Lewis Waller had temporarily taken control. Waller was an excellent actor and cast himself as Sir Robert Chiltern. The play gave the Haymarket the success it desperately needed. After opening on 3 January 1895, it continued for 124 performances. In April of that year, Wilde was arrested for "gross indecency" and his name was publicly taken off the play. On 6 April, soon after Wilde's arrest, the play moved to the Criterion Theatre where it ran from 13-27 April. The play was published in 1899, although Wilde was not listed as the author. This published version differs slightly from the performed play, for Wilde added many passages and cut others. Prominent additions included written stage directions and character descriptions. Wilde was a leader in the effort to make plays accessible to the reading public.......... Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, as well as 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. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles. As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art", and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversation, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence for England due to the absolute prohibition of Biblical subjects on the English stage. Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London.....

Le Scarabée d'or est une nouvelle policière et d'aventures d'Edgar Allan Poe, parue en juin 1843 dans le journal de Philadelphie Dollar Newspaper. Poe a gagné un concours organisé par le journal et reçu un prix de 100 dollars, ce qui représente le montant le plus élevé que l'écrivain ait touché pour une nouvelle publiée. C'est également le texte le plus largement lu du vivant de l'auteur. La nouvelle popularisa la cryptographie auprès du grand public tout en établissant la réputation de cryptographe hors pair de l'écrivain aux yeux de ses contemporains3. Elle a été reprise dans de nombreux journaux et publications et fut traduite en français par Charles Baudelaire et publiée dans le recueil des Histoires extraordinaires. Edgar Allan Poe résida à Fort Moultrie de 1827 à 1828 sur l'île Sullivan dans le comté de Charleston (Caroline du Sud) où se déroule l'intrigue. Plusieurs rues portent aujourd'hui le nom de ses nouvelles et poèmes (Raven drive, GoldBug drive...) et la bibliothèque a été nommée en son honneur. La trame romanesque sur laquelle se base la nouvelle continue également de motiver les chasseurs sur les traces d'un trésor enfoui dans la région.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime This story was first published in The Court and Society Review, in late 1887. The main character, Lord Arthur Savile, is introduced by Lady Windermere to Mr Septimus R. Podgers, a chiromantist, who reads his palm and tells him that it is his destiny to be a murderer. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but decides he has no right to do so until he has committed the murder. His first attempted murder victim is his elderly Aunt Clementina, who suffers from heartburn. Pretending it is medicine, Lord Arthur gives her a capsule of poison, telling her to take it only when she has an attack of heartburn. Reading a telegram in Venice some time later, he finds that she has died and victoriously returns to London to learn that she has bequeathed him some property. Sorting through the inheritance, his future wife Sybil Merton finds the poison pill, untouched; thus Lord Arthur's aunt died from natural causes and he finds himself in need of a new victim. After some deliberation, he obtains a bomb from a jovial German, disguised as a carriage-clock, and sends it anonymously to a distant relative, the Dean of Chichester. When the bomb goes off, however, the only damage done seems like a novelty trick, and the Dean's son spends his afternoons making tiny, harmless explosions with the clock. In despair, Lord Arthur believes that his marriage plans are doomed, only to encounter the same palm-reader who had told his fortune late at night on the bank of the River Thames. Realising the best possible outcome, he pushes the man off a parapet into the river where he dies. A verdict of suicide is returned at the inquest and Lord Arthur happily goes on to marry. In a slight twist, the palmister is denounced as a fraud, leaving the moral of the story to show the power of suggestion. The story was the basis of the second part of the three-part 1943 film Flesh and Fantasy...... "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." is a story written by Oscar Wilde, first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1889.Wilde's story is narrated by a friend of a man called Erskine, who is preoccupied by the Hughes theory. Erskine had learned the idea from one Cyril Graham, who had tried to persuade Erskine of it based on text of sonnets, but Erskine was frustrated by the lack of external historical evidence for Willie Hughes's existence. Graham tried to find such evidence but failed; instead, he fakes a portrait of Hughes in which Hughes is depicted with his hand on a book on which can be seen the dedication from the sonnets. Erskine is convinced by this evidence, but then discovers the portrait to be a fake, a discovery that leads him to yet again doubt the existence of Willie Hughes. Graham still believes in the theory, and to prove it, shoots himself.......... Oscar Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet.

Excerpt: ... My father gave me the Iron Cross of valour. Oh, could he see me now with this coward's livery ever in my cheek! (Sinks into his chair.) I never knew any love when I was a boy. I was ruled by terror myself, how else should I rule now? (Starts up.) But I will have revenge; I will have revenge. For every hour I have lain awake at night, waiting for the noose or the dagger, they shall pass years in Siberia, centuries in the mines! Ay! I shall have revenge. Czare. Father! have mercy on the people. Give them what they ask. Prince Paul. And begin, Sire, with your own head; they have a particular liking for that. Czar. The people! the people! A tiger which I have let loose upon myself; but I will fight with it to the death. 14 I am done with half measures.14 I 41 shall crush these Nihilists at a blow. There shall not be a man of them, ay, or a woman either, left alive in Russia. 15 Am I Emperor for15 nothing, that a woman should hold me at bay? Vera Sabouroff shall be in my power, I swear it, before a week is ended, 16 though I burn my whole city to find her.16 She shall be flogged by the knout, stifled in the fortress, strangled in the square! Czare. O God! Czar. For two years her hands have been clutching at my throat; for two years she has made my life a hell; but I shall have revenge. Martial law, Prince, martial law over the whole Empire; that will give me revenge. A good measure, Prince, eh? a good measure. Prince Paul. And an economical one too, Sire. It would carry off your surplus population in six months, and save you many expenses in courts of justice; they will not be needed now. Czar. Quite right. There are too many people in Russia, too much money spent on them, too much money in courts of justice. I'll shut them up. Czare. Sire, reflect before

A Florentine Tragedy/ For Love of the King is a compilation of two classic works by the great Irish humorist, Oscar Wilde. A Florentine Tragedy is a fragment of a never-completed play by Oscar Wilde. The subject concerns Simone, a wealthy 16th-century Florentine merchant who finds his wife Bianca in the arms of a local prince, Guido Bardi. For the Love of the King is a very interesting and richly coloured masque or pantomimic play which is here printed in book form for the first time, was invented sometime in 1894 or possibly a little earlier.

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Shorter Prose Pieces by Oscar Wilde - Phrases And Philosophies for the Use of The Young - Mrs. Langtry as Hester Grazebrook - Slaves of Fashion - Woman's Dress - More Radical Ideas upon Dress Reform - Costume - The American Invasion - Sermons in Stones at Bloomsbury - L'Envoi

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The Importance of Being Earnest is a terrific play by Oscar Wilde. It stands the test of time. While it deals with Victorian society, it also hits on the universal truths about the lengths to which some men will go to avoid certain social obligations. It does so with humor and satire. The play was first performed in 1895, and the text here is from 1915. This Large Print Edition is presented in easy-to-read 16 point type.

The Portrait of Dorian Gray was first published in 1890 by Oscar Wilde. It's seen as one of the first Gothic horror fiction stories and it was criticized as scandalous and immoral! This is the special Reader's Choice Edition which has been carefully designed for Dorian Gray and Oscar Wilde fans for extra easy reading. Plot summary: This classic book is about a young man named Dorian Gray. He is the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward who thinks he is very good looking, with a pure beauty. One thing leads to another and Dorian embraces a new hedonism with Basil and a new group of friends. He begins to believe that the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty, fulfillment of the senses, and pleasures of the flesh... This is an excellent book for yourself and your own library. Or, you can give "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" (Reader's Choice Edition) away as a special gift.

La obra se sitúa en una casa de campo inglesa propiedad de Lady Hunstanton. Se abre el telón en la terraza donde Lady Caroline se conversa con un puritana invitada estadounidense de Lady Hunstanton, Hester Worsley. Otros personajes entran en escena, incluyendo la encantadora Lady Allonby, la dócil Lady Stutfield y el sumiso marido de Lady Caroline, Sir John. Discuten sobre cuestiones vanales y más tarde se une el carismático y encantador, Lord Illingworth, que ha ofrecido el cargo de Secretario a Gerald Arbuthnot. Rachel, La madre de Gerald es invitada a unirse a la reunión, y cuando llega, se da cuenta de que lord Illingworth es el padre de Gerard. Ella tuvo un romance con él hace veinte años, quedó embarazada, y él se negó a casarse con ella, convirtiéndola en una mujer desgraciada. Por tanto, se muestra renuente a que Gerald se convierta en el secretario de Illingworth, aunque no le dice nada a Gerald. Éste descubre el pasado de su madre en un momento especialmente dramático, después de intentar matar a lord Illingworth, que había abrazado Hester Worsleyde Wildien. Al final, Gerard, la señora Alburthnot y Hester parten de Inglaterra hacia los Estados Unidos con la esperanza de vivir en una sociedad donde no serán juzgados con demasiada dureza.

Anna and Her Magical Cat: A Tale of Adventure and Growth" is a story about a young girl named Anna and her magical cat, who embark on a journey filled with adventure, danger, and valuable life lessons. Throughout their journey, Anna and her cat encounter many magical creatures, overcome obstacles, and learn important lessons about patience, perseverance, determination, kindness, and compassion. In the end, they realize that their journey was not just about exploring the world, but also about discovering themselves and becoming better beings. They return home, knowing that their journey has come to an end, but also knowing that they have grown closer and more connected than ever before, and that they are ready to face any challenge that lies ahead.

J'avais dîné avec Erskine dans sa jolie petite maison de Bird Cage Walk et nous étions assis dans sa bibliothèque, buvant notre café et fumant des cigarettes, quand nous en vînmes à causer des faux en littérature. Maintenant je ne me souviens plus ce qui nous amena à un sujet aussi bizarre en un pareil moment, mais je sais que nous eûmes une longue discussion au sujet de Macpherson, Ireland (William Henry, 1777-1835) prétendit avoir trouvé des manuscrits inédits de Shakespeare qu'il publia à partir de 1795. Il finit par avouer son invention. (Note du traducteur.) et de Chatterton et qu'en ce qui concerne ce dernier, j'insistai sur ce point que ses prétendus faux étaient simplement le résultat d'un désir artistique de parfaite ressemblance, que nous n'avons nul droit de marchander à un artiste les conditions dans lesquelles il veut présenter son oeuvre et que tout art étant à un certain degré une sorte de jeu, une tentative de réaliser sa propre personnalité sur quelque plan imaginatif en dehors de la portée des accidents et des limites de la vie réelle; - censurer un artiste pour un pastiche, c'était confondre un problème de morale et un problème d'esthétique.

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Humour so british garanti ! Un ministre américain et sa famille achètent à Lord Canterville son château et tout ce qu'il contient... fantôme compris. Seulement voilà la famille Otis n'en a absolument pas peur. Alors, lorsqu'un spectre, habitué à terroriser tout le monde, se trouve confronté à deux jumeaux qui ne pensent qu'à lui jouer de mauvais tours, le voilà plus que déconcerté, au point d'épuiser tout son arsenal ! Jusqu'à ce que la fille des Otis, Virginia, devienne son amie...En édition bilingue anglais/français, avec lecture audio intégrée: Non seulement vous pouvez lire Le Fantôme de Canterville en français et en anglais, mais vous pouvez aussi écouter la lecture de cet ouvrage soit dans sa version originale anglophone, soit dans sa traduction française, grâce à votre téléphone, tablette ou webcam. L'idéal pour améliorer votre maîtrise de la langue d'Oscar Wilde, ou de Molière !

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Todas las tardes el joven Pescador se internaba en el mar, y arrojaba sus redes al agua. Cuando el viento soplaba desde tierra, no lograba pescar nada, porque era un viento malévolo de alas negras, y las olas se levantaban empinándose a su encuentro. Pero en cambio, cuando soplaba el viento en dirección a la costa, los peces subían desde las verdes honduras y se metían nadando entre las mallas de la red y el joven Pescador los llevaba al mercado para venderlos. Todas las tardes el joven Pescador se internaba en el mar. Un día, al recoger su red, la sintió tan pesada que no podía izarla hasta la barca. Riendo, se dijo: -O bien he atrapado todos los peces del mar, o bien es algún monstruo torpe que asombrará a los hombres, o acaso será algo espantoso que la gran Reina tendrá deseos de contemplar. Haciendo uso de todas sus fuerzas fue izando la red, hasta que se le marcaron en relieve las venas de los brazos. Poco a poco fue cerrando el círculo de corchos, hasta que, por fin, apareció la red a flor de agua.

A Grotesque Dwarf Falls In Love With The Beautiful But Selfish Infanta.

Aquella noche, la víspera del día fijado para su coronación, el joven rey se hallaba solo, sentado en su espléndida cámara. Sus cortesanos se habían despedido todos, inclinando la cabeza hasta el suelo, según los usos ceremoniosos de la época, y se habían retirado al Gran Salón del Palacio para recibir las últimas lecciones del profesor de etiqueta, pues aún había entre ellos algunos que tenían modales rústicos, lo cual, apenas necesito decirlo, es gravísima falta en cortesanos. El adolescente -todavía lo era, apenas tenía dieciséis años- no lamentaba que se hubieran ido, y se había echado, con un gran suspiro de alivio, sobre los suaves cojines de su canapé bordado, quedándose allí, con los ojos distraídos y la boca abierta, como uno de los pardos faunos de la pradera, o como animal de los bosques a quien acaban de atrapar los cazadores. Y en verdad eran los cazadores quienes lo habían descubierto, cayendo sobre él punto menos que por casualidad, cuando, semidesnudo y con su flauta en la mano, seguía el rebaño del pobre cabrero que le había educado y a quien creyó siempre su padre.