Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde : The Importance of Being Earnest
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The importance of being constant (1895), the last of Oscar Wilde's four light comedies, is probably the most played piece in the English repertoire. It is a joyous farce, where the author's spirit is free to act, with its paradoxes and humour, mixing the most unsettled absurd with the most delicate sentimental fantasy. Jack, the main character, pretends to be another, borrowing Constant's foreword, but he is caught …
- Comedy
- Drama
Oscar Wilde : The Picture of Dorian Gray
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"In the centre of the room, fixed on a straight easel, stood the portrait at the foot of a young man of extraordinary physical beauty, in front of whom, within a short distance, sat the painter himself, Basil Hallward, the one whose sudden disappearance, a few years ago, at the moment, moved the public so much and gave rise to strange Dorian Gray, a young, seductive and worldly dandy, made this foolish wish: to keep…
- Horror
- Short story
- Educational
Oscar Wilde : The Canterville Ghost
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What's the point for a ghost? To be afraid, of course! That's what happens to the ghost of Canterville when a new family gets into HIS castle with three children more evil than the others who will lead him hard life! The poor ghost has only one obsession: to get rid of these garments that come to prevent him from haunting in peace! But will he succeed? This comic book is freely adapted from a tale of Oscar Wilde to …
- Supernatural
- Humour
- Short story
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