Oscar Wilde: The Complete Works

Playwright, novelist, essayist, poet and epigrammatist. Oscar Wilde was Ireland's greatest amd most inspired wit. Renowned equally for his espousal of aestheticism and art for art's sake, he became notoriour for his affairs with Lord Alfred Douglas and others.Today he is remembered for the brilliance of his writing, and this complete edition of his workd contains all his plays, his only novel, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, as well as his essays, poemsand stories for children, The happy prince and Other Tales, abd his more worldly stories for adults,Lord Arthur Sanille's Crime and Other Stories.THe juxtaposition of his jeux d'esprits such as The Soul of Man under socialism and The Portrait of Mr. W.H. contrast sharply with The Ballard of Reading Gaol and De Profundis, while Lady Windermere's Fan, A woman if no importance, An Ideal husband and The Importance of being Earnest still enchant readers and theatre audiences today--Book jacket.