| Title : | Complete short fiction | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Oscar Wilde, Author ; Iam Small, Editor | | Publisher: | London : Penguin Books | | Publication Date: | 2003 | | Series: | Penguin classics | | Pagination: | xxxv, 279 p. | | Size: | 21 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-14-143969-3 | | General note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. xxix-[xxxi]).
Includes bibliographical notes (p. 259-280) | | Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) | | Descriptors: | English literature
| | Class number: | 823.8 | | Abstract: | Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in 'The Model Millionaire', while 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment. | | Contents note: | Happy prince and other tales; The portrait of Mr. W.H.; A house of Pomegranates; Lord Arthur Savile's crime and other stories; Poems in prose; | | Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=16885 |
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Complete short fiction / Oscar Wilde
