Book Description

The incomparable Oscar Wilde has delighted audiences for many, many years, and now you can enjoy his writing in its entirety on your eReading device. This is the COMPLETE WORKS of the great literary giant with bonus texts. (Current version: 5) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our vast range of titles. Features: * annotated with introductions to the plays, novel and other texts * features many images relating to Wilde, his life and works * illustrated with images of how the books first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the Victorian texts * ALL of the plays, with excellent formatting * BOTH Wilde's original French version of 'Salome' and Lord Douglas' (his lover) translation in English - available in no other digital collection * two rare unfinished plays * ALL of the short stories with the original beautiful illustrations * BOTH versions of 'Dorian Gray' - the original magazine version and the original book version with extra chapters, all with separate contents tables * the COMPLETE poetry, with special Chronological and Alphabetical contents tables ñ find that special poem quickly! * Every non-fiction essay - even the rare ones Wilde wrote in prison * the rare erotic novel 'Teleny' attributed to Wilde, but now classed as apocryphal - judge for yourself - did Wilde have a hand in writing this rare text? * ALL of the short stories and short story collections * boasts three biographical works exploring Wilde's life, including the famous two volume OSCAR WILDE, HIS LIFE AND CONFESSIONS by FRANK HARRIS * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * features the complete and unabridged version of DE PROFUNDIS, often missed out of collections * UPDATED with rare non-fiction texts * UPDATED with a special Journalism section, featuring Wilde's reviews and articles CONTENTS The Plays VERA THE DUCHESS OF PADUA LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE SALOM… SALOME (ENGLISH VERSION) AN IDEAL HUSBAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST LA SAINTE COURTISANE A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY The Poetry THE COMPLETE POETRY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER THE COMPLETE POETRY IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Novel THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY THE ORIGINAL 13 CHAPTER VERSION THE REVISED 20 CHAPTER VERSION The Short Stories THE PORTRAIT OF MR. W. H. THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES THE HAPPY PRINCE THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE THE SELFISH GIANT THE DEVOTED FRIEND THE REMARKABLE ROCKET A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES THE YOUNG KING THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL THE STAR-CHILD LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME AND OTHER STORIES LORD ARTHUR SAVILEíS CRIME THE CANTERVILLE GHOST THE SPHINX WITHOUT A SECRET THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE The Non-Fiction THE DECAY OF LYING PEN, PENCIL AND POISON ó A STUDY IN GREEN THE CRITIC AS ARTIST THE TRUTH OF MASKS THE RISE OF HISTORICAL CRITICISM THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE OF ART HOUSE DECORATION ART AND THE HANDICRAFTSMAN LECTURE TO ART STUDENTS LONDON MODELS POEMS IN PROSE THE SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM PHRASES AND PHILOSOPHIES FOR THE USE OF THE YOUNG A FEW MAXIMS FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF THE OVER-EDUCATED DE PROFUNDIS OSCAR WILDE'S LETTER TO ROBERT BROWNING PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA THE DECORATIVE ARTS THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL THE TRUTH OF MASKS The Journalism LIST OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS Apocrypha TELENY The Biographies OSCAR WILDE, HIS LIFE AND CONFESSIONS BY FRANK HARRIS MEMORIES OF OSCAR WILDE BY G. BERNARD SHAW OSCAR WILDE: AN IDLER'S IMPRESSION BY EDGAR SALTUS