OSCAR WILDE Ultimate Collection: 250+ Titles in One Edition (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete Works: Novel, Plays, Short Stories, 125 Poems, 130+ Essays & Articles, including Letters & A BiographyBy Oscar Wilde
Length126h 9m
About this audiobook
This expansive edition gathers Oscar Wilde's fiction, drama, poetry, criticism, essays, dialogues, and shorter prose into a single literary panorama, offering more than a convenient anthology: it reveals the coherence of a dazzling aesthetic mind. From the Gothic moral paradoxes of The Picture of Dorian Gray to the crystalline wit of The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde's style unites epigram, irony, elegance, and philosophical provocation within the fin-de-siècle contexts of aestheticism, decadence, and Victorian social critique. Oscar Wilde, born in Dublin in 1854 and educated at Trinity College and Oxford, became one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of late nineteenth-century letters. His cultivation of artifice, beauty, and intellectual play was shaped by classical learning, Irish verbal brilliance, and the aesthetic theories of Walter Pater. His spectacular success, public trials, imprisonment, and exile give added poignancy to works that question sincerity, respectability, desire, and punishment. This collection is ideal for readers seeking both the familiar masterpieces and the lesser-known textures of Wilde's achievement. Scholars, students, and general readers will find here an indispensable archive of wit, beauty, rebellion, and tragedy.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.
- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.
- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology's overall scope without giving away essential twists.
- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.
- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length126 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 5, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
108The Children of the Poets
2Introduction
109New Novels
3Historical Context
110A Politician’s Poetry
4Synopsis (Selection)
111Mr. Symonds’ History of the Renaissance
5The Plays
112A ‘Jolly’ Art Critic
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6Vera
113A Sentimental Journey Through Literature
7The Duchess of Padua (pt. 1)
114Common-Sense in Art
8The Duchess of Padua (pt. 2)
115Miner and Minor Poets
9Lady Windermere’s Fan
116A New Calendar
10A Woman of No Importance (pt. 1)
117The Poets’ Corner—II
11A Woman of No Importance (pt. 2)
118Great Writers by Little Men
12Salomé (Original version in French)
119A New Book on Dickens
13Salome (English version)
120Our Book-Shelf
14An Ideal Husband (pt. 1)
121A Cheap Edition of a Great Man
15An Ideal Husband (pt. 2)
122Mr. Morris’s Odyssey
16The Importance of Being Earnest (pt. 1)
123A Batch of Novels
17The Importance of Being Earnest (pt. 2)
124Some Novels
18La Sainte Courtisane
125The Poets’ Corner—III
19A Florentine Tragedy
126Mr. Pater’s Imaginary Portraits
20For Love of the King
127A Good Historical Novel
21Novel
128New Novels
22The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Original Version) (pt. 1)
129Two Biographies of Keats
23The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Original Version) (pt. 2)
130A Scotchman on Scottish Poetry
24The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Original Version) (pt. 3)
131Literary and Other Notes—I
25The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Revised 20 Chapter Version) (pt. 1)
132Mr. Mahaffy’s New Book
26The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Revised 20 Chapter Version) (pt. 2)
133Mr. Morris’s Completion of the Odyssey
27The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Revised 20 Chapter Version) (pt. 3)
134Sir Charles Bowen’s Virgil
28The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Revised 20 Chapter Version) (pt. 4)
135Literary and Other Notes—II
29Short Stories
136Aristotle at Afternoon Tea
30The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
137Early Christian Art in Ireland
31The Happy PrinceandOther Tales
138Literary and Other Notes—III
32A House of Pomegranates (pt. 1)
139The Poets’ Corner—IV
33A House of Pomegranates (pt. 2)
140Literary and Other Notes—IV
34Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories (pt. 1)
141The Poets’ Corner—V
35Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories (pt. 2)
142Venus or Victory
36Poetry (pt. 1)
143Literaryand Other Notes—V
37Poetry (pt. 2)
144The Poets’ Corner—VI
38Essays & Lectures
145M. Caro on George Sand
39Intentions (pt. 1)
146The Poets’ Corner—VII
40Intentions (pt. 2)
147A Fascinating Book
41Intentions (pt. 3)
148The Poets’ Corner—VIII
42The Rise of Historical Criticism (pt. 1)
149A Note on Some Modern Poets
43The Rise of Historical Criticism (pt. 2)
150Sir Edwin Arnold’s Last Volume
44The English Renaissance of Art
151Australian Poets
45House Decoration
152Some Literary Notes—I
46Art and theHandicraftsman
153Poetry and Prison
47Lecture toArt Students
154The Gospel According to Walt Whitman
48London Models
155The New President
49Poemsin Prose
156Some Literary Notes—II
50The Soul of Man under Socialism
157One of the Biblesof the World
51Phrases and Philosophies for the Useof theYoung
158Poetical Socialists
52A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated
159Mr. Brander Matthews’ Essays
53De Profundis (pt. 1)
160Some Literary Notes—III
54De Profundis (pt. 2)
161Mr. William Morris’s Last Book
55De Profundis (pt. 3)
162Adam Lindsay Gordon
56Personal Impressions of America
163The Poets’ Corner—IX
57The Decorative Arts
164Some Literary Notes—IV
58The House Beautiful
165Mr. Froude’s Blue-Book
59The Tomb of Keats
166Some Literary Notes—V
60The Grosvenor Gallery, 1877
167Ouida’s New Novel
61The Grosvenor Gallery 1879
168Some Literary Notes—VI
62Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf: L’Envoi
169A Thought-Reader’s Novel
63More Radical Ideas upon Dress Reform
170The Poets’ Corner—X
64The Relation of Dress to Art
171Mr. Swinburne’s Last Volume
65Keats’s Sonnet on Blue
172Three New Poets
66The American Invasion
173A Chinese Sage
67Sermons in Stones at Bloomsbury
174Mr. Pater’s Last Volume
68The Unity of the Arts
175Primavera
69Art at Willis’s Rooms
176Other Works
70Mr. Morris on Tapestry
177Aphorisms
71Sculpture at the Arts and Crafts
178Des Grieux (Prelude to Teleny) (pt. 1)
72Printing and Printers
179Des Grieux (Prelude to Teleny) (pt. 2)
73The Beauties of Bookbinding
180Teleny (pt. 1)
74The Close of the Arts and Crafts
181Teleny (pt. 2)
75English Poetesses
182Teleny (pt. 3)
76The American Man
183Letters
77Literary Reviews
184Oscar Wilde’s Letter to Robert Browning
78Dinners and Dishes
185Two Letters to theDaily Chronicle
79A Modern Epic
186Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life
80Shakespeare on Scenery
187Letter to Joaquin Miller
81A Bevy of Poets
188Notes on Whistler
82Parnassus Versus Philology
189Reply to Whistler
83Hamlet at the Lyceum
190Letters on Dorian Gray
84Two New Novels
191An Anglo-Indian’s Complaint
85Henry the Fourth at Oxford
192A House ofPomegranates
86Modern Greek Poetry
193Puppets and Actors
87Olivia at the Lyceum
194Lady Windermere’s Fan: An Explanation
88As You Like It at Coombe House
195Salomé
89A Handbook to Marriage
196The Thirteen Club
90Half-hours with the Worst Authors
197The Ethics of Journalism
91One of Mr. Conway’s Remainders
198The Green Carnation
92To Read or Not to Read
199Wilde Gives Directions About ‘de Profundis’
93Twelfth Night at Oxford
200Domesticity at Berneval
94The Letters of a Great Woman
201A Visit to the Pope (pt. 1)
95News From Parnassus
202A Visit to the Pope (pt. 2)
96Some Novels
203A Visit to the Pope (pt. 3)
97A Literary Pilgrim
204Biography
98Béranger in England
205Oscar Wilde, His life and Confessions (by Frank Harris) (pt. 1)
99The Poetry of the People
206Oscar Wilde, His life and Confessions (by Frank Harris) (pt. 2)
100The Cenci
207Oscar Wilde, His life and Confessions (by Frank Harris) (pt. 3)
101Helena in Troas
208Oscar Wilde, His life and Confessions (by Frank Harris) (pt. 4)
102Pleasing and Prattling
209Oscar Wilde, His life and Confessions (by Frank Harris) (pt. 5)
103Balzac in English
210Oscar Wilde, His life and Confessions (by Frank Harris) (pt. 6)
104Two New Novels
211Oscar Wilde, His life and Confessions (by Frank Harris) (pt. 7)
105Ben Jonson
212Analysis
106The Poets’ Corner—I
213Reflection
107A Ride Through Morocco
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