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The Complete Short Stories
New Edition
Oscar Wilde
Edited by John Sloan
288 pages
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196x129mm
978-0-19-953506-4
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Paperback
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14 January 2010
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- Oscar Wilde's shorter fiction includes memorable fairy-tales, witty comedies, and daring narrative experiments: all are contained in this enchanting collection.
- Includes best-loved stories such as 'The Happy Prince', 'The Selfish Giant', and 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' as well as the innovative 'Portrait of Mr W. H.', about the mysterious dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets.
- An Appendix reprints an important passage from the book-length version of 'The Portrait of Mr W. H.' on the Neo-Platonic ideal of friendship between men, an important key to the short story's meaning.
- The Introduction argues for Wilde's originality and literary achievement as a short-story writer, emphasizing his literary skill, and discussing the periodicals in which they first appeared, their intended readership, and their enduring value.
- Includes a useful and up-to-date bibliography and extensive and helpful explanatory notes.
New to this edition - Engaging and informative Introduction by John Sloan.
- Detailed and informative Note on the Text.
- Useful and up-to-date Select Bibliography.
- Full chronology of Oscar Wilde.
- Appendix containing an important passage from the book-length version of 'The Portrait of Mr. W. H.' that holds an important key to the meaning of the short story.
- Extensive and helpful Explanatory Notes.
'Wilde did not converse - he told tales.'
Oscar Wilde was already famous as a brilliant wit and raconteur when he first began to publish his short stories in the late 1880s. They have never lacked readers and admirers, George Orwell and W. B. Yeats among them. The stories give free rein to Wilde's originality, literary skill, and sophistication. They include poignant fairy-tales such as 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Selfish Giant', and the extravagant comedy and social observation of 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost'. They also encompass the daring narrative experiments of 'The Portrait of Mr. W. H.', Wilde's fictional
investigation into the identity of the dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets, and the 'Poems in Prose', based on the Gospel stories.
This edition demonstrates the centrality of Wilde's shorter fiction in his literary career, and his continuing development and experimentation with the short story format. Combining myth, romance, and irony, Wilde's stories enthral and challenge the reader.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Readership: Readers of fiction, short stories, fairy tales, classic fiction, Oscar Wilde; students of nineteenth-century literature, the fin-de-siècle, Irish studies.
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Oscar Wilde Edited by John Sloan, Fellow and Tutor in English, Harris Manchester College, Oxford
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"I defy anyone to read them and be unmoved." - Emily Labram, The Observer
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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
The Sphinx without a Secret
The Canterville Ghost
The Happy Prince
The Nightingale and the Rose
The Selfish Giant
The Devoted Friend
The Remarkable Rocket
The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
The Young King
The Birthday of the Infanta
The Fisherman and his Soul
The Star-Child
Poems in Prose
The Artist
The Doer of Good
The Disciple
The Master
The House of Judgment
The Teacher of Wisdom
Appendix
From the Extended Version of 'The Portrait of Mr. W. H.' (1921)
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