Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a familiar story of greed, sin, and arrogance. A young man, infatuated with his own handsomeness and youth as depicted in a perfect portrait, makes a bargain he will come to regret. No one can save him from his appetite for pleasure and his awful fate--not the man who idolizes him, not the woman who loves him, and not even himself! Published in 1890, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is Oscar Wilde's only novel. At first the subject of intense controversy, it has endured as a classic for years. This Canterbury Classics edition includes the beloved story as well as a special heat-burnished cover, foil stamping, and designed endpapers in an easy-to-carry package. A cautionary tale of innocence sacrificed for the sake of vice, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a classic whose lessons are still relevant today.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

4841fcf6-8582-47be-90a3-ca4495b6ced8-1

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

Renowned for his poetry, plays, essays, and conversational skills, Oscar Wilde also wrote scintillating works of short fiction. This volume includes four fine examples, including The Canterville Ghost, the comical tale of a spirit who terrorized the residents of Canterville Chase for three centuries. When the manor is acquired by a no-nonsense American family with no use for the supernatural, hilarity ensues.
Three other stories feature "The Sphinx Without a Secret," a tale of an enigmatic woman who carries a mystery's key to her grave; "The Model Millionaire," recounting the exploits of a "delightful, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession"; and "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime," in which an aristocrat learns that he is destined to commit murder. Rounding out the volume are Wilde's lyrical Poems in Prose: "The Artist," "The Doer of Good," "The Disciple," "The Master," "The House of Judgment," and "The Teacher of Wisdom."


The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories

30862d39-fdb2-4b7c-a71e-d5361784ba8a-1

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

California

The Collected Oscar Wilde, by Oscar Wilde, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:



    -New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars

    -Biographies of the authors

    -Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events

    -Footnotes and endnotes

    -Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work

    -Comments by other famous authors

    -Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations

    -Bibliographies for further reading

    -Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate



All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.

 

A renowned eccentric, dandy, and man-about-town, Oscar Wilde was foremost a dazzling wit and dramatic genius whose plays, poems, essays, and fiction contain some of the most frequently quoted quips and passages in the English language.

 

This volume features a wide selection of Wilde's literary output, including the comic masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest, an immensely popular play filled with satiric epigrams that mercilessly expose Victorian hypocrisy; The Portrait of Mr. W. H., a story proposing that Shakespeare's sonnets were inspired by the poet's love for a young man; The House of Pomegranates, the author's collection of fairy tales; lectures Wilde delivered, first in the United States, where he exhorted his audiences to love beauty and art, and then in England, where he presented his impressions of America; his two major literary-theoretical works, "The Decay of Lying" and "The Critic as Artist"; and a selection of verse, including his great poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol, in which Wilde famously declared that "each man kills the thing he loves."

 

A testament to Wilde's incredible versatility, this collection displays his legendary wit, brilliant use of language, and penetrating insight into the human condition.

The Collected Oscar Wilde

16d54520-a94a-476e-b2c6-f331f59f969e-1

#paperback #oscarwilde #fiction #play #importanceofbeingearnest 

Rhode Island

Offers newly edited texts of five of the British playwright's works, including the great farcial comedy The Importance of Being Earnest.. Reissue.

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

0e5baa17-0da2-4f14-9691-5e80624f9da0-1

Minnesota

Oscar Wilde was already one of the best-known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power
today. This collection offers newly edited texts of Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, Salome, An Ideal Husband, and, arguably the greatest farcical comedy in English, The Importance of Being Earnest.

490c6d84-b479-4606-ae99-25542c026c5e

#paperback #drama #fiction #play #classics #plays 

Texas

The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays, by Oscar Wilde, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences?biographical, historical, and literary?to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Oscar Wilde's legendary wit dazzles in The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the greatest and most popular works of drama to emerge from Victorian England. A light-hearted satire of the absurdity of all forms and conventions, this comic masterpiece features an unforgettable cast of characters who, as critic Max Beerbohm observed, ?speak a kind of beautiful nonsense?the language of high comedy, twisted into fantasy.” This collection also includes Oscar Wilde's most famous comedies, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, and An Ideal Husband, as well as his poetic tragedy Salomé?all written between 1891 and 1895, Wilde's most creative period. George Bernard Shaw said of Oscar Wilde that he is ?our most thorough playwright. He plays with everything: with wit, with philosophy, with drama, with actors and audience, with the whole theater.” Kenneth Krauss received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He teaches drama at the College of Saint Rose, where he also directs and produces. His most recent book is The Drama of Fallen France, on French theater under the German Occupation.

The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays

#Greatillustratedclassics #largetype #abridged #hardcover #kidsclassics #homeschool #classics #juvenilefiction #childrenliterature 

Connecticut

Great illustrated classics

The picture of Dorian Gray

The handsome appearance of dissolute young Dorian Gray remains unchanged while the features in his portrait become distorted as his degeneration progresses.

Ohio

A selection of fiction, drama, and prose by the controversial late nineteenth-century literary figure includes the chilling novel, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, as well as his account of his prison experience, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," and four complete plays--Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Salomé. Reissue.

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings

aec6ede6-3da7-4f7b-aabb-cbc219972b4b-1

#biography #hardcover #oscarwilde #poet #history #homeschool 

Florida

The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde

I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation

bdfeb208-e1d4-48cb-9114-1c0c4fdbf466-1

The picture of Dorian Gray 

Published in 1982. Puncture marks on many pages (pictures shown) but still a great copy to read for price. #hardcover #fiction #tales #oscarwilde #shortstories

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Birthday of the Infanta and Other Stories

56382a23-1275-41b2-9ee8-04cd29a4df5e-1

#paperback #oscarwilde #fiction #essays #novel #doriangray #plays #importanceofbeingearnest #anidealhusband #deprofundis

"An excellent collection of some of Oscar Wilde's key works. A useful and representative selection of his writings, ideal for those not already familiar with his trademark wit or his more serious work, but equally valuable for the Wilde devotee." -- newbooks magazine
Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) wrote sparkling comedies that were the toast of London's West End in the 1890s. The master of the witty epigram who could resist anything except temptation, Wilde was imprisoned by an unjust society and died in obscurity, but his enduring works continue to enchant readers and audiences.
The Irish author's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, appears in this splendid showcase of his philosophy and wit. Additional selections include Wilde's ever-popular comedies The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband; his essay on aestheticism, "The Decay of Lying: An Observation"; his deeply moving prison letter, "De Profundis"; and fairy tales from A House of Pomegranates and The Happy Prince.

Oscar Wilde the Dover Reader

002a07ce-e1ef-4f24-a383-305efac1fb88-1

#hardcover #charlottebronte #classic #fiction #janeeyre 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

North Carolina

A young woman looks back on her childhood in a harsh orphanage and describes her growing love for the man who employs her as a governess.

Jane Eyre

9427fac6-1e1d-4879-b240-7ea8afa479a6-1

Unmarked, uncreased, binding tight. Like new other than sticker residue and slight shelf wear. 

This fashion season is all for the plus-size woman! That's because the new silhouette is feminine and shapely - and because you know how to look as great as you feel. Just for you, Lion Brand® Yarn has created five fabulous outerwear garments in crochet. These delicious designs drape, swing, or cling in the manner that flatters you most. Choose an urban wrap of sparkly Moonlight Mohair or a vest in suede and eyelash yarns. Slip into a sleeved shawl of soft and washable Homespun or a swing coat in bouclé and eyelash yarns. Or indulge yourself with a copper-colored shrug of Incredible ribbon yarn. The crochet patterns range in size from Large to 4X, and each will add grace and flair to your wardrobe. Enjoy the raves and second glances you'll get while wearing these sweet enhancements. It's your time to shine! Stapled; 20 pages.

Stylish Plus Fashions (Leisure Arts #4686)


The Picture of Dorian Gray and Selected Stories

Shelf wear to cover and spine. Resale sticker on front cover. No damage to pages. #classics #paperback #fiction #vintageclassic #vintagepaperback #1990

Virginia

Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde

#fiction #drama #paperback #oscarwilde #play   #theatre #humor #literature #plays #school

Maryland

Lady Windermere's fan - A Woman of no importance - An ideal husband - Salome_______________

There is some wear on the cover and a sticker on the back, but pages are in excellent condition.

In true Faustian tradition The Picture of Dorian Gray tells the tale of a young man who sells his soul to the devil in return for youthful immortality, only to discover that the "devil's bargain" is no bargain at all. "What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" When Dorian Gray is asked this question he knows the answer. He has learned his lesson the hard way and has destroyed the lives of others into the bargain. The moral is inescapable, making The Picture of Dorian Gray more than merely a classic of Victorian literature. It is a classic of Christian literature also. This edition of Wilde's novel is edited by Joseph Pearce, author of The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde, and contains critical essays that look at the work from a tradition-oriented perspective.

The Ignatius Critical Editions represent a tradition-oriented alternative to popular textbook series such as the Norton Critical Editions or Oxford World Classics, and are designed to concentrate on traditional readings of the Classics of world literature. Whereas many modern critical editions have succumbed to the fads of modernism and post-modernism, this series will concentrate on tradition-oriented criticism of these great works. Edited by acclaimed literary biographer, Joseph Pearce, the Ignatius Critical Editions will ensure that traditional moral readings of the works are given prominence, instead of the feminist, or deconstructionist readings that often proliferate in other series of 'critical editions'. As such, they represent a genuine extension of consumer-choice, enabling educators, students and lovers of good literature to buy editions of classic literary works without having to 'buy into' the ideologies of secular fundamentalism. The series is particularly aimed at tradition-minded literature professors offering them an alternative for their students. The initial list will have about 15 - 20 titles. The goal is to release three books a season, or six in a year.

Edited by Joseph Pearce

Contributors to this volume:

Richard Harp

Dominic Manganiello

Joseph Pearce

Brian Vickers

Oregon

Colorado

Enthralled 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 inthe eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The novel was a succès de scandale and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.

The launch of the Sterling Signature Classics program. Sterling will roll out six new Signature Classics each season. When handsome young Dorian Gray sees a painter's stunning portrait of him, he is transfixed by its reflection of his own beauty. He is also troubled by the knowledge that the image in the painting will remain forever youthful and handsome while he himself grows older and less desirable. He wishes aloud that the roles were reversed, saying that he would give his soul if only the painting would suffer the ravages of time and he were to remain forever young. From that point on, Dorian lives a life of hedonistic indulgence, knowing that only the painting will show his moral corruption.

Oscar Wilde; David Greenstein (Introduction by)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories

Oscar Wilde; Angus Fletcher (Introduction by, Intro and Notes by)

The Collected Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde; Sylvan Barnet (Introduction by); Elise Bruhl (Afterword by); Michael Gamer (Afterword by)

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

Oscar Wilde; Peter Raby (Editor)

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

Oscar Wilde; Kenneth Krauss (Introduction by, Intro and Notes by)

The Importance of Being Earnest and Four Other Plays

Oscar Wilde

The picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde; Camille Cauti (Intro and Notes by, Introduction by)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings

Oscar Wilde

I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation

Oscar Wilde

The picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde; Beni Montresor (Illustrator)

The Birthday of the Infanta and Other Stories

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde the Dover Reader

Charlotte Brontë; Susan Ostrov Weisser (Introduction by, Intro and Notes by); Oscar Wilde

Jane Eyre

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde; Gary Schmidgall (Introduction by)

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Selected Stories

Oscar Wilde

Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde, Sylvan Barnet

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Charlotte Brontë; Susan Ostrov Weisser (Introduction by, Intro and Notes by); Oscar Wilde

Jane Eyre

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde the Dover Reader

Oscar Wilde; Robert Mighall (Editor, Introduction by, Notes by)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray