Oscar Wilde
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Seit Generationen schon spukt es auf Schloss Canterville, doch das hält den amerikanischen Gesandten Hiram B. Otis nicht davon ab, das alte Gemäuer zu erwerben und mitsamt seiner Familie dort einzuziehen. Als moderne, aufgeklärte Amerikaner schenken sie diesen britischen Gespenstergeschichten schließlich keinen Glauben. Und so brechen harte Zeiten für den alten Schlossgeist an, der eine solche Respektlosigkeit in all den Jahrhunderten noch nicht...
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With brilliant illustrations by a master of comic art, the lyrical prose of this fairy tale by Oscar Wilde is brought to life. A hideous dwarf is captured in the woods and brought in to the court of the beautiful royal infanta for her amusement. He is full of good humor and tricks and becomes quite popular but remains quite unaware of his looks. She has him perform in front of her friends for her birthday. He is very touched and quite proud to receive...
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The next volume in the prize-winning and greatly acclaimed complete adaptations of Wilde's tales presents "The Devoted Friend" on what constitutes real friendship, and "The Nightingale and the Rose" a stirring story of sacrifice to love with a cruel twist. A signed and limited edition.
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One of comic art's most respected and pioneering artists, well known for his opera adaptations and beautiful fantasy work, P. Craig Russell is in the process of adapting Oscar Wilde's famous fairy tales in a series of landmark volumes.This volume includes The Selfish Giant and The Star Child.
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Arguably the most famous and beloved of Oscar Wilde's nine fairy tales, this particular rendition stands apart from the others due to its brilliant illustrations by a master of comic art. After dying young, the Happy Prince's soul inhabits a beautiful ruby-encrusted statue covered in gold leaf which is perched high above the city. But when he sees the poverty, misery and desperateness of his people, he enlists the help of a barn swallow to remove...
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With brilliant illustrations by a master of comic art, this book of two of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales brings his lyrical prose to life. In the first tale, the Young King is taken from humble origins and revels in the finer possessions of his new, lofty position. However, a series of dreams reveal to him the suffering his people must go through to make the extravagant belongings for him. Casting them off, he finds paradoxically that he may be alienating...
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Un molinero sin escrúpulos, manipulador y egoísta, y un granjero tan honesto que parece estúpido, son los protagonistas de esta historia contada por animales. Oscar Wilde refleja a la perfección diferentes aspectos de la condición humana: desde la amistad sincera hasta la avaricia.
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"El ruiseñor y la rosa" de Oscar Wilde es un conmovedor cuento de hadas que explora temas de sacrificio, amor y la naturaleza del arte. La historia sigue a un ruiseñor que escucha a un joven estudiante lamentarse de su incapacidad para encontrar una rosa roja para su amada. Conmovido por su difícil situación, el ruiseñor se embarca en una búsqueda para crear una rosa roja para el estudiante, a pesar de la imposibilidad de la tarea. A través...
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The Star-Child is the story of an abandoned infant boy found in the woods by a poor woodcutter, who pities him and takes him in. He grows up to be exceedingly beautiful, but vain, cruel, and arrogant, believing himself to be the divine child of the stars. He lords himself over the other children, who follow him devotedly, and takes pleasure in torturing the forest animals and town beggars alike.
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Set in a magical kingdom where a wealthy prince and a Russian princess meet for the first time and fall madly in love with each other. Their wedding is to be a huge celebration for the entire realm, with all sorts of entertainment, including fireworks as a grand finale. As soon as various firework elements are set in place they start talking amongst each other and we meet the very distinguished Remarkable Rocket responsible for so many of Oscar Wilde's...
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Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage. The story concerns Lady Windermere, who discovers that her husband may be having an affair with another woman. She confronts her husband but he instead...
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Lord Murchison recounts to his old friend a strange tale of a woman he had loved and intended to marry, but was now dead. She had always been very secretive and mysterious, and he one day followed her to see where she went, discovering her stealthfully going to a boarding house. He suspected there was another man, and confronted her the next day. She confessed to having been there, but said nothing happened. He did not believe her and left; she died...
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Hughie Erskine is in love and wants to marry, but the girl's father will not allow it, since Erskine has no money. Erskine's friend Alan Trevor is a painter, and he visits him at his studio one day to find him with a pitiable beggar - the model for his painting. Erskine only has one coin, on which he depends for transportation, but he decides he can walk for a couple of weeks and gives the beggar the coin.
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Mit Charme und poetischer Kraft verzaubern Oscar Wildes Märchen Kinder wie Erwachsene. Auf diesem Hörbuch finden sich drei dieser unsterblichen und wunderbaren Märchen, die zu den schönsten der Weltliteratur gehören: Der glückliche Prinz - Der selbstsüchtige Riese - Die edle Rakete.
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In this collection of beautifully written modern fairy tales Oscar Wilde does not fail to both entertain with humorous characters and witty dialogue and at the same time deliver a subtle yet very potent message about some of the most human qualities such as true friendship, true happiness, selfishness, ignorance, playfulness and love. Some of the most famous epigrams of Oscar Wilde come from the characters in these tales. This volume includes: The...
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"El Retrato de Mister W. H." de Oscar Wilde es una novela que explora los misteriosos orígenes de los sonetos de Shakespeare. La historia sigue a un joven llamado Cyril Graham, que se obsesiona con descubrir la identidad del Sr. W. H., el misterioso dedicado a los sonetos de Shakespeare. Graham cree que el señor W. H. era un joven llamado Willie Hughes, a quien Shakespeare inmortalizó en su poesía. A medida que Graham profundiza en el misterio,...
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El fantasma de Canterville es un relato corto que fue publicado por primera vez en 1887.
Cuenta la historia de una familia estadounidense que compra un castillo en Inglaterra y decide vivir allí a pesar de que les advierten de la existencia de un fantasma, Sir Simon de Canterville, que hace trescientos años que ronda por el castillo tras asesinar a su esposa.
Los ataques y sustos que les dedica el fantasma son ninguneados por la moderna y pragmática...
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Little Hans spends most of his time gardening and makes a living from sales of his beautiful flowers. Little Hans always treats his neighbours well and even allows neighbouring rich Miller to pick flowers from his garden. But the Miller rarely invites Hans into his house or responds in kind. The Miller instead develops has his own philosophy of friendship: 'Lots of people act well but very few people talk well, which shows that talking is much the...
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Oscar Wilde wurde besonders durch seinen Witz und seine humorvollen, ironischen Stücke und Romane berühmt. Doch auch märchenhafte, nachdenkliche, heitere Geschichten gehörten zum Repertoire des wortgewandten englischen Literaten. Eine Auswahl seiner schönsten Erzählungen als Hörbuch: Die Sphinx ohne Geheimnis. Eine Radierung - Der Modellmillionär. Ein Zeichen der Bewunderung - Die Nachtigall und die Rose - Gedichte in Prosa - Der Lehrer der...
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Fearing the story was indecent, the magazine's editor deleted roughly five hundred words before publication without Wilde's knowledge. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited...