Who would have thought a comedy of manners written more than a hundred years ago would still be so apt and so funny? Oscar Wilde was a genius of play-writing, and his deftness, wit and sharp eye for
Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, he apparently remains ph
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Głośny esej polityczny, w którym Wilde rysuje wizję nowego ustroju opartego na wolności, humanizmie i sztuce. Autor kwestionuje wszelkie formy politycznego, społecznego i ekonomicznego przymusu wobec
Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating
Słynny tekst więzienny Oscara Wilde’a De profundis teraz w nowym tłumaczeniu – bardzo odbiegającym od poprzednich przekładów, na podstawie wydania integralnego. Nie tyle więc nowy przekład, ile n
Dorian Gray jest zadufanym w sobie, narcystycznym młodzieńcem, który chciałby, aby jego młodość trwała wiecznie. Kiedy Basil, przyjaciel Doriana, maluje jego portret, bohater kupuje go i ukrywa na st
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A new publication of the popular fairy tale by Oscar Wilde.
An imaginative graphic project by Marta Pokorska. Is it easy to fi nd a devoted friend?
Just read!
„Oscar Wilde żył tak, jak gdyby życie było jeszcze jednym utworem do napisania. Budował je jak utwór, poddawał całe tej samej idei, która przenikała jego eseje, bajki czy komedie. Z całym swym estety
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. After his marriage to Constance Lloyd in 1884, he tried to establish himself as a writer, but with little initial success. However, hi
A funny and touching story about the American family Otis, who move into an old English castle where a ghost has walked for three hundred years.
But the Otises are not afraid of the ghost. On the c
Powieść Teleny, po raz pierwszy opublikowana w 1893 roku, natychmiast uznana została za literacki skandal. Nic dziwnego, gdyż jest to śmiało napisana, niestroniąca od pikanterii historia niepohamowan
In these delightful tales, Oscar Wilde employs all his grace, artistry and wit. The Happy Prince tells of the statue of a once pleasure-loving Prince which, with help of a selfless Swallow, helps peo
Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry
A collection of stories, including two of Wilde's most famous: 'The Canterville Ghost', in which a young American girl helps to free the tormented spirit that haunts an old English castle and 'The Ha
Dorian Gray is young, arrogant, and devastatingly handsome. Confronted by his beauty in the form of a portrait, and struck by the terrible realization that he will age, Dorian wishes to retain his ch
Młody czy stary, Polak czy Anglik, bogaty czy biedny, człowiek czy zwierzę - każdy chce mieć przyjaciela.
Bohaterowie wybranych przez nas baśni doświadczają niezwykłych przyjaźni, lecz niestety nie
He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...'
Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous proph
It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself'
Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his
"Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman" is a play in four-acts by Oscar Wilde, first produced in 1892. It is a tale of scandal and the fall of a woman from grace in a hypocritical and absu
Part of the Chiltern Classics range. When having his portrait painted, Dorian Gray declares he would give anything to stay youthful - even his soul. Dorian descends into a life of decadent excess, an
With an essay by Peter Ackroyd. `I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me ... Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day - mock m
Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners – the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde’s name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide r
Horror hides behind an attractive face in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's tale of a notorious Victorian libertine and his life of evil excesses. Though Dorian's hedonistic indulgences leave