OSCAR WILDE Premium Collection (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete Works: Plays, Novel, Poetry, Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Philosophical Essays, Literary Reviews, Articles, Letters & BiographyBy Oscar Wilde
Length126h 25m
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OSCAR WILDE Premium Collection gathers the many facets of Wilde's art: glittering comedies of manners, fairy tales of moral intensity, essays in aesthetic criticism, poems, and the darkly seductive novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Across these works, Wilde refines paradox into philosophy and wit into social critique, placing him at the center of fin-de-siècle literature, aestheticism, and Decadence. His prose is jeweled yet precise, his drama poised between farce and ethical exposure. Born in Dublin in 1854, Wilde was shaped by classical education, Irish intellectual culture, and the Oxford aesthetic movement, where art's autonomy became a guiding creed. His public persona—dandy, lecturer, conversationalist—was inseparable from his literary method. Yet beneath the brilliance lay a serious engagement with hypocrisy, beauty, desire, punishment, and the cost of living against Victorian conventions, experiences sharpened by his trials and imprisonment. This collection is ideal for readers seeking Wilde beyond isolated quotations or a single famous play. It offers a comprehensive encounter with a writer whose elegance conceals profundity, and whose humor remains one of literature's most devastating instruments of truth.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length126 hrs 25 mins
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Publish dateNov 27, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1OSCAR WILDE Premium Collection (Annotated)
237A Fragment from the Agamemnon of Aeschylos
2Introduction
238Nocturne
3Author Biography
239La Belle Gabrielle
4Historical Context
240To V. F.
5Synopsis (Selection)
241To M. B. J.
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6OSCAR WILDE Premium Collection
242Essays & Lectures
7The Plays
243Intentions
8Vera
244The Decay of Lying
9PERSONS IN THE PROLOGUE.
245The Critic as Artist (pt. 1)
10PERSONS IN THE PLAY.
246The Critic as Artist (pt. 2)
11PROLOGUE.
247Pen, Pencil, and Poison
12ACT I.
248The Truth of Masks
13ACT II.
249The Rise of Historical Criticism
14ACT III.
250CHAPTER I
15ACT IV.
251CHAPTER II
16The Duchess of Padua
252CHAPTER III
17THE DUCHESS OF PADUA
253CHAPTER IV
18THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
254The English Renaissance of Art
19ACT I
255House Decoration
20ACT II
256Art and the Handicraftsman
21ACT III
257Lecture to Art Students
22ACT IV
258London Models
23ACT V
259Poems in Prose
24Lady Windermere’s Fan
260The Artist
25THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
261The Master
26ACT ONE
262The Teacher of Wisdom
27ACT TWO
263The Soul of Man under Socialism
28ACT THREE
264Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
29ACT FOUR
265A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated
30A Woman of No Importance
266De Profundis (pt. 1)
31THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
267De Profundis (pt. 2)
32ACT ONE
268De Profundis (pt. 3)
33ACT TWO
269Personal Impressions of America
34ACT THREE
270The Decorative Arts
35ACT FOUR
271The House Beautiful
36Salomé (Original version in French)
272The Tomb of Keats
37Salome (English version)
273The Grosvenor Gallery, 1877
38An Ideal Husband
274The Grosvenor Gallery 1879
39THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
275Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf: L’Envoi
40ACT ONE
276More Radical Ideas upon Dress Reform
41SECOND ACT
277The Relation of Dress to Art
42THIRD ACT
278Keats’s Sonnet on Blue
43FOURTH ACT
279The American Invasion
44The Importance of Being Earnest
280Sermons in Stones at Bloomsbury
45THE PERSONS IN THE PLAY
281The Unity of the Arts
46ACT ONE
282Art at Willis’s Rooms
47ACT TWO
283Mr. Morris on Tapestry
48ACT THREE
284Sculpture at the Arts and Crafts
49La Sainte Courtisane
285Printing and Printers
50A Florentine Tragedy
286The Beauties of Bookbinding
51For Love of the King
287The Close of the Arts and Crafts
52PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY
288English Poetesses
53ACT I
289The American Man
54ACT II
290Literary Reviews
55ACT III
291Dinners and Dishes
56Novel
292A Modern Epic
57The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Original Version)
293Shakespeare on Scenery
58CHAPTER I
294A Bevy of Poets
59CHAPTER II
295Parnassus Versus Philology
60CHAPTER III
296Hamlet at the Lyceum
61CHAPTER IV
297Two New Novels
62CHAPTER V
298Henry the Fourth at Oxford
63CHAPTER VI
299Modern Greek Poetry
64CHAPTER VII
300Olivia at the Lyceum
65CHAPTER VIII
301As You Like It at Coombe House
66CHAPTER IX
302A Handbook to Marriage
67CHAPTER X
303Half-hours with the Worst Authors
68CHAPTER XI
304One of Mr. Conway’s Remainders
69CHAPTER XII
305To Read or Not to Read
70CHAPTER XIII
306Twelfth Night at Oxford
71The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Revised 20 Chapter Version)
307The Letters of a Great Woman
72THE PREFACE
308News From Parnassus
73CHAPTER 1
309Some Novels
74CHAPTER 2
310A Literary Pilgrim
75CHAPTER 3
311Béranger in England
76CHAPTER 4
312The Poetry of the People
77CHAPTER 5
313The Cenci
78CHAPTER 6
314Helena in Troas
79CHAPTER 7
315Pleasing and Prattling
80CHAPTER 8
316Balzac in English
81CHAPTER 9
317Two New Novels
82CHAPTER 10
318Ben Jonson
83CHAPTER 11
319The Poets’ Corner—I
84CHAPTER 12
320A Ride Through Morocco
85CHAPTER 13
321The Children of the Poets
86CHAPTER 14
322New Novels
87CHAPTER 15
323A Politician’s Poetry
88CHAPTER 16
324Mr. Symonds’ History of the Renaissance
89CHAPTER 17
325A ‘Jolly’ Art Critic
90CHAPTER 18
326A Sentimental Journey Through Literature
91CHAPTER 19
327Common-Sense in Art
92CHAPTER 20
328Miner and Minor Poets
93Short Stories
329A New Calendar
94The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
330The Poets’ Corner—II
95I
331Great Writers by Little Men
96II
332A New Book on Dickens
97III
333Our Book-Shelf
98The Happy Prince and Other Tales
334A Cheap Edition of a Great Man
99The Happy Prince
335Mr. Morris’s Odyssey
100The Nightingale and the Rose
336A Batch of Novels
101The Devoted Friend
337Some Novels
102The Selfish Giant
338The Poets’ Corner—III
103The Remarkable Rocket
339Mr. Pater’s Imaginary Portraits
104A House of Pomegranates
340A Good Historical Novel
105The Young King
341New Novels
106The Birthday of the Infanta
342Two Biographies of Keats
107The Fisherman and His Soul
343A Scotchman on Scottish Poetry
108The Star-Child
344Literary and Other Notes—I
109Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories
345Mr. Mahaffy’s New Book
110Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
346Mr. Morris’s Completion of the Odyssey
111CHAPTER I
347Sir Charles Bowen’s Virgil
112CHAPTER II
348Literary and Other Notes—II
113CHAPTER III
349Aristotle at Afternoon Tea
114CHAPTER IV
350Early Christian Art in Ireland
115CHAPTER V
351Literary and Other Notes—III
116CHAPTER VI
352The Poets’ Corner—IV
117The Canterville Ghost
353Literary and Other Notes—IV
118CHAPTER I
354The Poets’ Corner—V
119CHAPTER II
355Venus or Victory
120CHAPTER III
356Literary and Other Notes—V
121CHAPTER IV
357The Poets’ Corner—VI
122CHAPTER V
358M. Caro on George Sand
123CHAPTER VI
359The Poets’ Corner—VII
124CHAPTER VII
360A Fascinating Book
125The Sphinx Without a Secret
361The Poets’ Corner—VIII
126The Model Millionaire
362A Note on Some Modern Poets
127Poetry
363Sir Edwin Arnold’s Last Volume
128Ye Shall Be Gods
364Australian Poets
129Ravenna
365Some Literary Notes—I
130The True Knowledge
366Poetry and Prison
131A Lament
367The Gospel According to Walt Whitman
132Wasted Days
368The New President
133Désespoir
369Some Literary Notes—II
134Lotus Leaves
370One of the Bibles of the World
135Impressions
371Poetical Socialists
136Under the Balcony
372Mr. Brander Matthews’ Essays
137A Fragment
373Some Literary Notes—III
138Le Jardin Des Tuileries
374Mr. William Morris’s Last Book
139On the Sale by Auction of Keats’ Love Letters
375Adam Lindsay Gordon
140The New Remorse
376The Poets’ Corner—IX
141An Inscription
377Some Literary Notes—IV
142The Harlot’s House
378Mr. Froude’s Blue-Book
143The Burden of Itys
379Some Literary Notes—V
144Charmides
380Ouida’s New Novel
145Eleutheria
381Some Literary Notes—VI
146Heart’s Yearnings
382A Thought-Reader’s Novel
147The Little Ship
383The Poets’ Corner—X
148Ave Imperatrix
384Mr. Swinburne’s Last Volume
149To Milton
385Three New Poets
150Louis Napoleon
386A Chinese Sage
151Sonnet
387Mr. Pater’s Last Volume
152Quantum Mutata
388Primavera
153Libertatis Sacra Fames
389Other Works
154Theoretikos
390Aphorisms
155Flowers of Gold
391Des Grieux (Prelude to Teleny)
156The Grave of Keats
392CHAPTER I
157Theocritus
393CHAPTER II
158In the Gold Room
394CHAPTER III
159Ballade De Marguerite
395Teleny
160The Dole of the King’s Daughter
396CHAPTER 1
161Love Song
397CHAPTER 2
162Tristitiae
398CHAPTER 3
163Amor Intellectualis
399CHAPTER 4
164Santa Decca
400CHAPTER 5
165A Vision
401CHAPTER 6
166Impression De Voyage
402CHAPTER 7
167The Grave of Shelley
403CHAPTER 8
168By the Arno
404Letters
169From Spring Days to Winter
405Oscar Wilde’s Letter to Robert Browning
170Flower or Love
406Two Letters to the Daily Chronicle
171The Fourth Movement
407Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life
172Impression. Le Reveillon
408Letter to Joaquin Miller
173At Verona
409Notes on Whistler
174Apologia
410Reply to Whistler
175Quia Multum Amavi
411Letters on Dorian Gray
176Silentium Amoris
412An Anglo-Indian’s Complaint
177Her Voice
413A House of Pomegranates
178My Voice
414Puppets and Actors
179Taedium Vitae
415Lady Windermere’s Fan: An Explanation
180The Garden of Eros
416Salomé
181Humanitad
417The Thirteen Club
182Panthea
418The Ethics of Journalism
183Rosa Mystica
419The Green Carnation
184Helas
420Wilde Gives Directions About ‘de Profundis’
185Requiescat
421Domesticity at Berneval
186Salve Saturnia Tellus
422A Visit to the Pope (pt. 1)
187Sunrise: Symphony in Yellow
423A Visit to the Pope (pt. 2)
188The Theatre at Argos
424A Visit to the Pope (pt. 3)
189Sen Artysty; Or, The Artist’s Dream
425Biography
190Pan - Double Villanelle
426Oscar Wilde, His life and Confessions (by Frank Harris)
191San Miniato
427Introduction
192Les Balloons
428Chapter 1: Oscar’s Father and Mother on Trial
193Ave Maria Plena Gratia
429Chapter 2: Oscar Wilde as a Schoolboy
194To My Wife - With A Copy Of My Poems
430Chapter 3: Trinity, Dublin: Magdalen, Oxford
195With A Copy Of ‘A House Of Pomegranates’
431Chapter 4: Trinity, Dublin: Magdalen, Oxford
196Italia
432Chapter 5: Oscar’s Quarrel with Whistler and Marriage
197Sonnet
433Chapter 6: Oscar Wilde’s Faith and Practice
198Rome Unvisited
434Chapter 7: Oscar’s Reputation and Supporters
199Urbs Sacra Aeterna
435Chapter 8: Oscar’s Growth to Originality About
200Sonnet: On Hearing the Dies Irae Sung in the Sistine Chapel
436Chapter 9: The Summer of Success: Oscar’s First Play
201Easter Day
437Chapter 10: The First Meeting with Lord Alfred Douglas
202E Tenebris
438Chapter 11: The Threatening Cloud Draws Nearer
203Vita Nuova
439Chapter 12: Danger Signals: the Challenge
204Roses and Rue
440Chapter 13: Oscar Attacks Queensberry and is Worsted
205To L.L.1
441Chapter 14: How Genius is Persecuted in England
206Madonna Mia
442Chapter 15: The Queen vs. Wilde: The First Trial
207The New Helen
443Chapter 16: Escape Rejected: The Second Trial and Sentence
208Impressions De Theatre
444Chapter 17: Prison and the Effects of Punishment
209Fabien Dei Franchi
445Chapter 18: Mitigation of Punishment; but not Release
210Phedre
446Chapter 19: His St. Martin’s Summer: His Best Work
211Portia
447Chapter 20: The Results of His Second Fall: His Genius
212Queen Henrietta Maria
448Chapter 21: His Sense of Rivalry; His Love of Life and Laziness
213Camma
449Chapter 22: “A Great Romantic Passion!”
214Song Of The Clouds
450Chapter 23: His Judgments of Writers and of Women
215Wind Flowers
451Chapter 24: We Argue About His “Pet Vice” and Punishment
216Impression Du Matin
452Chapter 25: The Last Hope Lost
217Magdalen Walks
453Chapter 26: The End
218Athanasia
454Chapter 27: A Last Word
219Serenade
455Appendix
220Cry Woe, Woe And Let The Good Prevail
456The Unpublished Portion of “De Profundis”
221Endymion
457Oscar Wilde’s Kindness of Heart
222La Bella Donna Del Mia Mente
458My Coldness Towards Oscar in 1897
223Canzonet
459The Mystery of Personality
224La Dame Jaune
460The Dedication of “An Ideal Husband”
225Remorse A Study in Saffron
461Mrs. Wilde’s Epitaph
226Chanson
462Sonnet
227The Sphinx
463The Story of “Mr. And Mrs. Daventry”
228In the Forest
464Oscar’s Last Days!
229The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
465Criticisms
230Fantaisies Décoratives.
466The Soul of Man Under Socialism
231Chorus of Cloud Maidens
467A Last Word
232Untitled (See! the gold sun has risen)
468The End.
233Untitled (She stole behind him where he lay)
469Analysis
234ΘPHNΩIΔIA
470Reflection
235Lotus Land
471Memorable Quotes
236Untitled (O loved one lying far away)
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