The Portable Oscar Wilde -- Oscar Wilde

<p>Includes the following works: Novels--<b>The Portrait of Dorian Gray</b>; Plays--<b>Salome</b> and <b>The Importance of Being Earnest</b>; Writings--De Profundis, Critic as Artist, and Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Very Young; and selections from <b>Lady Windermere's Fan</b>, <b>An Ideal Husband</b>, and <b>A Woman of No Importance</b>.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Oscar Wilde<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Classics<br><b>Published:</b> 07/30/1981<br><b>Pages:</b> 741<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.13lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.72h x 5.10w x 1.37d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780140150933<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>Stanley Weintraub</b> is Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University, and the author of numerous histories and biographies, including<i> Silent Night.</i> <p/><b>Richard Aldington</b> (1892-1962) was a founding poet of the Imagist movement and a novelist who conveyed the horror of war through his written works such as <i>Death of a Hero</i>. He was also known for his work as a translator, critic, and biographer. Aldington interrupted hi