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«El fantasma de Canterville» («The Canterville Ghost») es un relato, dentro del género cuento por tener un argumento simple y la historia es breve sin episodios secundarios, sin embargo se lo conside

A dazzling blend of farce and morality, An Ideal Husband explores human frailty and social hypocrisy. Sir Robert Chilton''s secret is discovered and exposed: he is accused of having exploited government secrets for his own gain early in his political career. With this revelation from Mrs. Cheveley comes the threat of blackmail and the ruin of Sir Robert''s career. Yet in order to be a successful blackmailer, one''s own reputation must be beyond reproach.

The richness of Oscar Wilde''s way with words and ideas are given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891.There are ghost stories, moral tales, detective fiction and, above all, fairy stories here to delight and entertain. From the comically unsuccessful and unhappy spook in ''The Canterville Ghost'' to the incompetent would-be murderer in ''Lord Arthur Saville''s Crime'' we are treated to the extravagance and dexterity of Wilde''s wit. However it is particularly in the fairy stories that we see the brilliance of Wilde''s vision of society and human action, with each tale having both beauty and simplicity while at the same time exploring complex moral issues. The challenge and pleasure of Wilde''s short stories is the simultaneous appeal to both child and adult with their themes of Love, Truth and Sacrifice which are as relevant today as they were when they were written.Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, with an Afterword by David Stuart Davies.

Classic / British English Strange and wonderful things happen in t seven short stories. Oscar Wilde takes us into a world of kings and queens, mermaids and witches, giants and dwarfs, and talking animals. Exciting and amusing, happy and sad, these stories are for all ages.

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Oscar Wilde, malgrat ser un perfecte dandy, no va oblidar mai la polemica social que amarava la societat anglesa de la segona meitat del segle xix. Des de la vessant estetica i des de la seva paradoxa incorregible, defensa el socialisme per a assolir la veritable llibertat de lesperit individual. El seu atac demolidor contra la propietat privada, per pures raons estetiques, es una cant a la llibertat de lartista i de tot esser huma, quant a esperit creador.

Oscar WildeEnthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The Picture of Dorian Gray was a succes de scandal. Early readers were shocked by its hints of unspeakable sins, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at his trial at the Old Bailey in 1895.

In The Decay of Lying Oscar Wilde uses his decadent ideology in an attempt to reverse and therefore reject his audiences' "normal" conceptualizations of nature, art and morality. Calling on diverse examplesfrom ancient Greek sculpture to contemporary paintings Wilde's brilliant essay creates a witty, paradoxical world in which the only Art worth loving is that built on complete untruths.

Un clásico entre los clásicos, El Fantasma de Canterville, poca presentación necesita. Habitante de un castillo cuya única razón de ser es provocar el pánico en sus residentes y motivar su huída, el protagonista de esta historia tiene que lidiar con una familia de norteamericanos que, fieles a su estilo de vida, son incapaces de tomarselo en serio.

El retrato de Dorian Gray, la única novela que escribió Wilde, fue, probablemente, una de las obras más discutidas y escandalosas del ya discutido y escandaloso Oscar. En ella Wilde alcanza el punto culminante de sus teorias, decidiendose ya por una total estetica decadente, el triunfo del arte como artificio, frente a la naturaleza. Pero hoy sigue siendo la mas viva y agil de las "novelas decadentes", una incitacion a la baquica gloria del paganismo y un perfecto autorretrato de su autor, a traves de los tres protagonistas fundamentales. Edicion especial con sobrecubierta y tinta metalizada.

"I have nothing to declare," Wilde once told an American customs official, "except my genius." This new collection of wit and wisdom demonstrates the brilliance of his vision, the audacity of his style. Such is the scope of the material, it brings to life the Wilde of great feeling as well as the Wilde of great art.

En 1890, cuando ya goza de una brillante carrera como escritor, Oscar Wilde publica la primera parte de su ensayo \"El crítico como artista\", que titula \"La importancia de no hacer nada\". Con un lenguaje desenfadado y mordaz, propone que la labor del crítico es más meritoria que la del artista y aprovecha para escandalizar a la sociedad de su época con provocaciones y epigramas. Establece que la diferencia entre periodismo y literatura radica en que «el periodismo es ilegible y la literatura no se lee». Afirma que el público inglés «se siente mucho más a gusto cuando le habla un mediocre», y defiende los libros de memorias porque están escritos por personas que «han perdido por completo la memoria o nunca han hecho nada digno de ser recordado».

A collection of Wilde's most charming and well-loved talesas part of a new series of five Oscar Wilde titles including two of Wilde's most famous: "The Canterville Ghost," in which a young American girl helps to free the tormented spirit that haunts an old English castle, and "The Happy Prince," who was not as happy as he seemed.

Oscar Wilde fue afortunado en el ensayo. "Intenciones" es uno de los libros más ricos de una obra muchas veces rica en alegría, algunas en dolor, siempre en verdad y en perspicacia. Los ensayos, algunos dialogados... Wilde expone con delicada agilidad su filosofía del arte, de la literatura y de la vida.

En palabras de Oscar Wilde, estos cuentos " están dirigidos a todos aquellos que han conservado sus facultades infantiles de sorprenderse y de gozar, y que además encuentran sencillas las más sutiles