Name: The Portable Oscar Wilde, Paperback/Oscar Wilde
Brand: Penguin Books
Price: 161.99 RON
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Includes 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 . About the Author Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish writer, poet, and playwright. His novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray , brought him lasting recognition, and he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era with a series of witty social satires, including his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest . Stanley Weintraub is Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University, and the author of numerous histories and biographies, including Silent Night. Richard Aldington (1892-1962) was a founding poet of the Imagist movement and a novelist who conveyed the horror of war through his written works such as Death of a Hero . He was also known for his work as a translator, critic, and biographer. Aldington interrupted his writing career to serve in the British army during World War I.