Oscar Wilde Books


A Florentine Tragedy

Oscar Wilde

A Florentine Tragedy is a fragment of a never-completed play by Oscar Wilde. The subject concerns Simone, a wealthy 16th-century Florentine merchant who finds his wife Bianca in the arms of a local pr..

Intentions

Oscar Wilde

Intentions  is a collection of essays; The Decay of Lying: an observation; Pen, Pencil and Poison: a study in green; The Critic as Artist (Some remarks upon the importance of doing nothing; Some ..

The Duchess of Padua

Oscar Wilde

The Duchess of Padua is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a five-act melodramatic tragedy set in Padua and written in blank verse. It was written for the actress Mary Anderson in early 1883 while in Paris...

Charmides and Other Poems

Oscar Wilde

Wilde’s Poems, a selection of which is given in this volume, were first published in volume form in 1881, and were reprinted four times before the end of 1882.  A new Edition with additional poem..

Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

It is thought that a selection from Oscar Wilde's early verses maybe of interest to a large public at present familiar only with the always popular BALLAD OF READING GAOL, also included in this volume..

The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Oscar Wilde

The Soul of Man under Socialism is an 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde in which he expounds a libertarian socialist worldview and a critique of charity. The writing of "The Soul of Man" followed Wilde's conv..

Poem of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.&nbs..

Shorter Prose Pieces

Oscar Wilde

It is only in the best Greek gems, on the silver coins of Syracuse, or among the marble figures of the Parthenon frieze, that one can find the ideal representation of the marvellous beauty of that fac..