COLLECTED WORKS OF OSCAR WILDE

Oscar Wilde's Works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. The Picture of Dorian Gray shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life. Wilde took London by storm with his plays, particularly his masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest. His essays - in particular De Profundis and The Ballad of Reading Gaol both written after his release from prison - strikingly break the bounds of his usual expressive range. His other essays and poems for children are all included in this comprehensive collection. 954pp in paperback.