false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174379040m/390353.jpg 390353 5 Flamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage. Here in one volume are his immensely popular novel, <i>The Picture of Dorian Gray</i>; his last literary work, <i>The Ballad of Reading Gaol,</i>; a product of his own prison experience; and four complete plays: <i>Lady Windermere's Fan</i>, his first dramatic success, <i>An Ideal Husband</i>, which pokes fun at conventional morality, <i>The Importance of Being Earnest</i>, his finest comedy, and <i>Salomé</i>, a portrait of uncontrollable love originally written in French and faithfully translated by Richard Ellmann.<br><br>Every selection appears in its entirety&#8211;a marvelous collection of outstanding works by the incomparable Oscar Wilde, who&#8217;s been aptly called &#8220;a lord of language&#8221; by Max Beerbohm. 4699964 1891 The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings (Bantam Classics) total:1034|5:394|4:383|3:200|2:46|1:11| 1034 4205 1467 105 4 1 false false Thu Apr 02 19:30:54 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 19:35:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 15 02:28:22 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 02:42:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 02 12:45:47 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 12:46:19 -0700 2009
This is a classic dark tal...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 08:35:16 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 09:02:10 -0700 2009 The Picture of Dorian Gray, which is a fairly short novel. It's quite good, although rambling at times. I've only ever read Wilde's plays before, so it was strange to read his signature silly dialogue in a mostly serious...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Fri May 15 01:11:25 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 01:42:51 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 14:15:27 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 16:59:15 -0700 2009 1 The Picture of Dorian Gray (and Other Writings)
New York: Bantam Books, 1982
487 pgs. $4.95
0-553-21096-3

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, a delightfully fascinating novel, has immediately enrooted and heavily stressed themes such as the dangers ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 19:54:13 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 13:59:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 10:39:59 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 11:07:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 15:05:56 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 15:12:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 15:15:42 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 09:26:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 22 22:49:11 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 22:57:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 16:36:30 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 16:40:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 21 20:30:15 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 20:32:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jul 24 01:36:26 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 02:34:32 -0700 2007
This is a remarkable feat from Wilde, whose other works, though incredibly enjoyable dramas tend to remain superficial, with English dorks like me digging deep enough to find the real nuggets of wisdom behind his clever epigrams.

But in this ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 15:02:37 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 07:26:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 14:21:42 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 18:26:41 -0800 2009
The plays, with the exception of Salome (not sure I got that one) were wonderfu...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 07:38:39 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 09:10:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue May 26 21:37:51 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 21:37:51 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 20:05:45 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 20:11:08 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jun 05 16:58:04 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 17:02:17 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=390353