Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom

Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0486111008

Amusing, thought-provoking epigrams, aphorisms, and other jests from the plays, essays, and lively conversation of Oscar Wilde offer a feast of humorous and profound quips. Nearly 400 quotes.

Aphorisms

Aphorisms
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2016-04-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781532748967

It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. Moren than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read.

The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde

The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2014-05-05
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0486168425

"I have put my genius into my life," declared Oscar Wilde, adding, "I have put only my talent into my works." This gift edition of the renowned poet and playwright's aphorisms draws upon both realms. Hundreds of sparkling jests and epigrams include quips from Wilde's personal letters and conversations as well as his fiction, essays, lectures, and plays. The most comprehensive collection of Wilde's witticisms, it will delight both longtime fans and new readers.

The Wit of Oscar Wilde

The Wit of Oscar Wilde
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1995
Genre: Wit and humor
ISBN: 9780880299459

Oscar Wilde is one of the most quoted and quotable men in history. He once boasted that he could talk spontaneously on any subject, a claim effortlessly borne out by the range and scope of the examples collected in this book. It is an entertaining, instructive, and revealing look at a man who is unlikely ever to be forgotten. "Oscar Wilde," wrote Richard Ellmann, "we have only to hear the great name to anticipate that what will be quoted as his will surprise and delight us. His wit is an agent of renewal, as pertinent now as a hundred years ago."

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: First Avenue Editions ™
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1467756547

Jack Worthing gets antsy living at his country estate. As an excuse, he spins tales of his rowdy brother Earnest living in London. When Jack rushes to the city to confront his "brother," he's free to become Earnest and live a different lifestyle. In London, his best friend, Algernon, begins to suspect Earnest is leading a double life. Earnest confesses that his real name is Jack and admits the ruse has become tricky as two women have become enchanted with the idea of marrying Earnest. On a whim, Algernon also pretends to be Earnest and encounters the two women as they meet at the estate. With two Earnests who aren't really earnest and two women in love with little more than a name, this play is a classic comedy of errors. This is an unabridged version of Oscar Wilde's English play, first published in 1899.

Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2016-03-03
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0241251818

'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. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

Oscar Wilde Quotations

Oscar Wilde Quotations
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Jarrold Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Quotations, English
ISBN: 9780711710450

In Oscar Wilde, the words and wit of the 19t h century author, poet and playwright demonstrate his keen o bservation and analysis of the society in which he lived. '

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Xist Publishing
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2016-03-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 168195897X

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray A man sells his soul for eternal youth and scandalizes the city in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.

I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation

I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1996
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780231104562

More than 1,000 quotations from Wilde on subjects from absinthe to Zola as well as selections from personal letters filled with poignant remarks on his life and the human condition.