The portable Oscar Wilde : the epitome of a brilliant, tortured wit, edited with biographical and critical notes. [Some dates in the life of Oscar Wilde. -- The critic as artist. -- The picture of Dorian Gray. -- Salome. -- The importance of being Earnest. -- De profundis. -- Poems, poems in prose, and a fairy tale. -- Reviews. -- Twelve formerly unpublished letters. -- Other letters. -- Anecdotes and sayings. -- Miscellaneous sayings.]

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. ; Aldington, Richard (Edward Godfree), 1892-1962 ; cover design, Susan Foster

Editore: New York : Viking Press, 1947, 1947

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viii, 690 p. ; 17 cm. ; "Viking portable library" ; LC: PR5811 .A4 1947; Dewey: 820.81 ; OCLC: 613773659 ; LCCN: 46-3202 ; stiff pictorial paper wrappers ; Contents: Some dates in the life of Oscar Wilde. -- The critic as artist. -- The picture of Dorian Gray. -- Salome. -- The importance of being Earnest. -- De profundis. -- Poems, poems in prose, and a fairy tale. -- Reviews. -- Twelve formerly unpublished letters. -- Other letters. -- Anecdotes and sayings. -- Miscellaneous sayings.; "ncludes the following works: Novels- The Portrait of Dorian Gray; Plays-Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest; Writings-De Profundis, Critic as Artist, and Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Very Young; and selections from Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and A Woman of No Importance. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest are accompanied by Wilde's prison memoirs, poems, and selected correspondence" ; 45-page essay on Wilde by Richard Aldington ; fading ; else VG. Codice articolo 007172

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Titolo: The portable Oscar Wilde : the epitome of a ...

Casa editrice: New York : Viking Press, 1947

Data di pubblicazione: 1947

Legatura: Soft cover

Condizione: Very Good

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Tipologia articolo: Book