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Best Plays (The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, Salome) by Oscar Wilde
$14.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
Between 1891 and 1895 Oscar Wilde produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s, and retain their power today. The social comedies, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband offer a moving as well as witty dissection of societ ...Show more
Children's Stories by Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
$0.00 NZD
Category: Fashion and Music | Series: Stephen Fry Presents Ser.
Immerse yourself in a world where the wonderful Stephen Fry reads some of the more memorable Children's short stories written by one of our most successful playwrights of all time. A brilliant combination of reader and writer come together in these seven short stories available on digital download only. ...Show more
Collected Works of Oscar Wilde by WILDE OSCAR
$29.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Special Editions
Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the best-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture o ...Show more
Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
$9.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
The master of wit and irony Published here alongside their evocative original illustrations, these fairy tales, as Oscar Wilde himself explained, were written "partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy."
De Profundis by Oscar Wilde
$19.99 NZD
Category: LGBTQI+
Oscar Wilde wrote "I don't defend my conduct, I explain it, " when he was imprisoned in Reading Gaol in 1895 for his violation of England's stringent laws against homosexuality. Wilde's notorious liaison with the Marquess of Queensberry's son, Lord Alfred Douglas ("Bosie"), had so inflamed the Marquess ...Show more
Fifty Shades of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
$19.99 NZD
Category: Childrens Books
Night after night she awoke in a feverish sweat, her hips writhing on their own accord, the bed sheet balled in a coil and clenched between her legs. It was so ...real. Like he'd really been there. First published to sensational scandal amidst accusations that the novel was hedonist, unclean and depicte ...Show more
Importance of Being Earnest by WILDE OSCAR
$21.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Norton Critical Editions
The text of this new Norton Critical Edition of Oscar Wilde's most famous play is the established three-act version. It is accompanied by explanatory annotations and by an appendix of excised portions. "Backgrounds" includes essays on Wilde and the 1890s by prominent cultural critics. Contemporary revie ...Show more
Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
$12.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Beautiful, aristocratic, an adored wife and young mother, Lady Windermere is 'a fascinating puritan' whose severe moral code leads her to the brink of social suicide. The only one who can save her is the mysterious Mrs Erlynne whose scandalous relationship with Lord Windermere has prompted her fatal imp ...Show more
Lies (Vintage Minis) by Oscar Wilde
$9.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Vintage Minis Ser.
'The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility.'Is lying simply an uncomfortable truth about life or something to be celebrated? In these dazzlingly witty pages we find deceptions of all kinds. From false na ...Show more
Mini Kit: Quotable Oscar Wilde: A Collection of Wit and Wisdom by Oscar Wilde
$9.99 NZD
Category: Humour | Series: RUNNING PRESS MINIATURES
"I must die as I lived, beyond my means." Arguably the most quoted man in history, and certainly in his day, this enormous miniature collection is filled with Oscar Wildes' most notorious and witty sayings. Organized into five neat sections useful for any situation, this book is perfect for either enjoy ...Show more
Nothing ... Except My Genius by Oscar Wilde
$28.00 NZD
Category: LGBTQI+
'I have nothing to declare', Wilde once told an American customs official, 'except my genius'. A socialite, a wit, a man who flaunted convention and was unafraid to shock, Oscar Wilde was a great writer and a great man. This new collection of wit and wisdom demonstrates the brilliance of his vision, the ...Show more
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast : Penguin Little Black Classic No. 119 by Oscar Wilde
$2.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Little Black Classics 119 | Reading Level: very good
'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself' Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius.