Transcribed by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk THE SOUL OF MAN The chief advantage that would result from the establishment of Socialism is, undoubtedly, the fact that Socialism would relieve us from that sordid necessity of living for others which, in the present condition of things, presses so hardly upon almost everybody. In fact, scarcely anyone
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
E-text Editor: Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 1890, 13-CHAPTER VERSION CONTENTS Chapter I: 3-12 Chapter II: 12-22 Chapter III: 22-32 Chapter IV: 32-36 Chapter V: 36-43 Chapter VI: 43-52 Chapter VII: 52-58 Chapter VIII: 58-64 Chapter IX: 65-77 Chapter X: 77-81 Chapter XI: 81-86 Chapter XII: 86-93 Chapter XIII: 94-100 CHAPTER
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeA Trivial Comedy for Serious People
Morning-room in Algernon’s flat in Half-Moon Street. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde
Transcribed from the 1910 edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk. Second proof by Paul Redmond. THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES Contents The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Selfish Giant The Devoted Friend The Remarkable Rocket THE HAPPY PRINCE High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the
The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde
Transcribed from the 1916 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk THE DUCHESS OF PADUA THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY Simone Gesso, Duke of Padua Beatrice, his Wife Andreas Pollajuolo, Cardinal of Padua Maffio Petrucci, } Jeppo Vitellozzo, } Gentlemen of the Duke’s Household Taddeo Bardi, } Guido Ferranti, a Young Man Ascanio
Shorter Prose Pieces by Oscar Wilde
This etext was prepared by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk OSCAR WILDE–SHORTER PROSE PIECES Contents: Phrases And Philosophies for the Use of The Young Mrs. Langtry as Hester Grazebrook Slaves of Fashion Woman’s Dress More Radical Ideas upon Dress Reform Costume The American Invasion Sermons in Stones at Bloomsbury L’Envoi PHRASES AND PHILOSOPHIES FOR THE USE
Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde
Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde Contents: Preface by Robert Ross How They Struck a Contemporary The Quality of George Meredith Life in the Fallacious Model Life the Disciple Life the Plagiarist The Indispensable East The Influence of the Impressionists on Climate An Exposure to Naturalism Thomas Griffiths Wainewright Wainewright at Hobart Town
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde It is thought that a selection from Oscar Wilde’s early verses may be of interest to a large public at present familiar only with the always popular BALLAD OF READING GAOL, also included in this volume. The poems were first collected by their author when he was twenty-sex years old,
Poems by Oscar Wilde
Transcribed by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk POEMS BY OSCAR WILDE Poem: Helas! To drift with every passion till my soul Is a stringed lute on which all winds can play, Is it for this that I have given away Mine ancient wisdom, and austere control? Methinks my life is a twice-written scroll Scrawled over on
A Florentine TragedyA fragment
Oscar Wilde Miscellaneous Contents: Preface by Robert Ross A Florentine Tragedy–A Fragment La Sainte Courtisane–A Fragment PREFACE BY ROBERT ROSS ‘As to my personal attitude towards criticism, I confess in brief the following:- “If my works are good and of any importance whatever for the further development of art, they will maintain their place in
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
Transcribed from the 1913 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME AND OTHER STORIES Contents Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime The Canterville Ghost The Sphinx Without a Secret The Model Millionaire The Portrait of Mr. W. H. LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME CHAPTER I It was Lady Windermere’s last reception before
Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde
Transcribed from the 1917 Methuen & Co. Ltd edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY Lord Windermere Lord Darlington Lord Augustus Lorton Mr. Dumby Mr. Cecil Graham Mr. Hopper Parker, Butler Lady Windermere The Duchess of Berwick Lady Agatha Carlisle Lady Plymdale Lady Stutfield Lady Jedburgh Mrs. Cowper-Cowper