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-23%Blimey, I'm Knackered!: An Ame...Brit Speak for Yanks!Back in 1887, Oscar Wilde wrote, "We have really everythi... Brit Speak for Yanks!Back in 1887, Oscar Wilde wrote, "We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." One would think, in a world homogenized by technology and social media, that d moreDetails
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A Dictionary of the English La...Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a langua... Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by... moreDetails
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English Humour for BeginnersIf you want to succeed here you must be able to handle the English sense of hu... If you want to succeed here you must be able to handle the English sense of humour. So proclaims George Mikes` timeless exploration of this curious phenomenon. Whether it`s understatement, self-deprecation or plain cruelty, the three elements he... moreDetails
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-17%A Woman of No Importance: A Pl...The classic satirical play about England's upper class from a master dramatist... The classic satirical play about England's upper class from a master dramatist.Centering on a long-concealed secret, A Woman of No Importance, like many of Oscar Wilde's plays, satirizes England's upper class. moreDetails
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The Canterville GhostThe Canterville Ghost is a short story by Oscar Wilde. A modern American famil... The Canterville Ghost is a short story by Oscar Wilde. A modern American family moves into an English stately home - Canterville Chase. It turns out to be a traditionally drafty and very haunted English mansion, complete with the moreDetails
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Oscar Wilde Library: 22 BooksThis file includes: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and... This file includes: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories, Shorter Prose Pieces, A Critic in Pall Mall, Essays and Lectures, Intentions, The Soul of Man, Miscellanies, Reviews, Selected Prose, The Happy Prince an moreDetails
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-24%PleasurePutting the sex back in Pleasure, here is the first new English translation si... Putting the sex back in Pleasure, here is the first new English translation since the Victorian era of the great Italian masterpiece of sensuality and seduction Like Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives moreDetails
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The Importance of Being Earnes...'The Importance of Being Earnest' is the legendary farcical comedy by Oscar Wi... 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is the legendary farcical comedy by Oscar Wilde, that was written in the end of 19 century. This is the classical example of English drama. The action takes place in London and represents the marriage proposals of moreDetails
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The Picture Of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray, including the themes namely morality of sensuality... The Picture of Dorian Gray, including the themes namely morality of sensuality and hedonism in Victorianism, decadence of the English upper-class and aestheticism, is the only novel and main prose work by Oscar Wilde. The handling along with the a moreDetails
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The Secret Vice ..... In Victo...The secret vice: Masturbation in Victorian fiction and medical culture provide... The secret vice: Masturbation in Victorian fiction and medical culture provides a unique consideration of writings on self-abuse in the long nineteenth century. The book examines the discourse on masturbation in medical works by English, Continental... moreDetails
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-17%The Importance of Being Earnes...The controversial comedic play from a master dramatist that shattered social c... The controversial comedic play from a master dramatist that shattered social conventions in England.Oscar Wilde's most brilliant tour de force, a witty and buoyant comedy of manners, has delighted millions with countless p moreDetails
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The Ritz London Book Of Aftern...Taking tea is one of the quintessentially English occasions, and who is a grea... Taking tea is one of the quintessentially English occasions, and who is a greater authority on the subject than the sumptuous Ritz London Hotel? This charming Edwardian-style book captures the essence of this traditional British pastime, and provides... moreDetails
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The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde`s tale of a Faustian pact in Victorian England, ”The Picture of Do... Oscar Wilde`s tale of a Faustian pact in Victorian England, ”The Picture of Dorian Gray” is a both a slow-burning Gothic horror and a brilliant philosophical investigation of youth, beauty and desire. This ”Penguin Classics” edition is edited with an... moreDetails
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The Ritz London Book Of Aftern...Taking tea is one of the quintessentially English occasions, and who is a grea... Taking tea is one of the quintessentially English occasions, and who is a greater authority on the subject than the sumptuous Ritz London Hotel? This charming Edwardian-style book captures the essence of this traditional British pastime, and provides... moreDetails
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Oscar Wilde, His Life and Conf...Biography. The introduction begins "I was advised on all hands not to write th... Biography. The introduction begins "I was advised on all hands not to write this book, and some English friends who have read it urge me not to publish it. "You will be accused of selecting the subject," they say, "because sexual viciousness appea moreDetails
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An Ideal HusbandAn Ideal Husband is a witty and satirical play written by Oscar Wilde. Set in ... An Ideal Husband is a witty and satirical play written by Oscar Wilde. Set in Victorian England, it centers around the characters of Sir Robert Chiltern, a successful and respected politician, and Mrs. Cheveley, a scheming woman from his past who moreDetails
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Essays And Lectures By Oscar W...Seven Notable essays by this lively character, including The rise of historica... Seven Notable essays by this lively character, including The rise of historical criticism, the English Renaissance of Art, House Decoration and poems In prose. Original green boards with gilded lettering and design on spine and front cover. Top edge of... moreDetails
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Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. This bi... Percy Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. This biography of emphasises the political, revolutionary side of his dramatic life. Shelley has long been revered for his poems To A Skylark and The Mask of Anarchy, but this was... moreDetails
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-7%The Picture of Dorian Gray and...Flamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master... Flamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage. Here in one volume are his immens moreDetails
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PleasureThe great Italian masterpiece of sensuality and seduction, published in a new ... The great Italian masterpiece of sensuality and seduction, published in a new English translation - the first since the Victorian era - that puts the sex back in Pleasure.Like Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art,... moreDetails
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The Importance of Being Earnes..."The Importance of Being Earnest," considered to be one of Oscar Wilde best pl... "The Importance of Being Earnest," considered to be one of Oscar Wilde best plays, is a comedic satire of Victorian England. It is the story of Jack Worthing who lives in the country with his ward Cecily Cardew. Jack invents a brother named Ernest moreDetails
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A Woman of No ImportanceA Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play p... A Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre.It is a testimony of Wilde's wit and his brand of dark comedy. It looks in particular at English upper cl moreDetails
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The Importance of Being Earnes...The Importance of Being Earnest is a comic play written by Oscar Wilde. Set in... The Importance of Being Earnest is a comic play written by Oscar Wilde. Set in Victorian England, it follows the antics of two young men, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who have created alternate identities for themselves in order to escape moreDetails
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The Channel: The Remarkable Me...Signed by the authorA bulwark against invasion, a conduit for exchange and a c... Signed by the authorA bulwark against invasion, a conduit for exchange and a challenge to be conquered, the English Channel has always been many things to many people. Today it`s the busiest shipping lane in the world and hosts more than 30 million... moreDetails
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De ProfundisRenowned as a wit, poet, dramatist and one of the great conversationalists of ... Renowned as a wit, poet, dramatist and one of the great conversationalists of his age, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) nevertheless fell victim to the forces of repression and prudery in late Victorian England. As a result of his affair with Lord Alfred D moreDetails
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Mr Foote`s Other LegIn 1776 Foote`s was the most talked-of name in the English-speaking world. By ... In 1776 Foote`s was the most talked-of name in the English-speaking world. By 1777 it was almost unmentionable. Samuel Foote, friend of David Garrick and Dr Johnson, is the greatest lost figure of the eighteenth century; his story defies belief and has... moreDetails
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A Woman of No ImportanceA Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play p... A Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirizes English upper-class society. It has been performed on stages in E moreDetails
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Daisy Miller and The Turn of t...The Penguin English Library Edition of Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw ... The Penguin English Library Edition of Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James"I'm a fearful, frightful flirt! Did you ever hear of a nice girl that was not?"This edition contains two of Henry James's most popular short works. Travelling... moreDetails
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Highlights of Ravenna's Major ...Many prominent artists loved Ravenna, just to mention a few: Lord Byron and Ma... Many prominent artists loved Ravenna, just to mention a few: Lord Byron and Mary Shelly, Oscar Wilde, Sigmund Freud, Herman Hesse, Gustav Klimt and many, many others… our knowledgeable English speaking tour guide will help you to see what they saw and... moreDetails
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The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Penguin English Library Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wil... The Penguin English Library Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde'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 me... moreDetails
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