Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde -- Oscar Wilde

<b>The master of wit and irony</b> <p/> Published here alongside their evocative original illustrations, these fairy tales, as Oscar Wilde himself explained, were written "partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy."<br><br><b>Author:</b> Oscar Wilde<br><b>Publisher:</b> Signet Book<br><b>Published:</b> 10/07/2008<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.27lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.00h x 4.00w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780451531070<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Oscar Wilde</b> (1854-1900) was an Irish writer, poet, and playwright. His novel, <i>The Picture of Dorian Gray</i>, brought him lasting recognition, and he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era with a series of witty social satires, including his masterpiece, <i>The Importance of Being Earnest</i>. <p/><b>Jack Zipes</b> is a preeminent fairy-tale scholar who has written, translated, and edited dozens of books, including <i>The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm</i> and <i>Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde</i>. He is a professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. <p/><b>Gyles Brandreth</b> is a writer, speaker, broadcaster, and former Member of Parliament. His years as a government whip were chronicled in <i>Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries</i>, which the<i> Times</i> described as "by far the best polit