The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde.
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1854791184
- ISBN 13
- 9781854791184
- Seller
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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Synopsis
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 range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in 'The Model Millionaire', while 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.
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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035710
- Title
- The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde.
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Illustrator
- Hague, Michael.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1854791184
- ISBN 13
- 9781854791184
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara Books Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Oscar Wilde Childrens fairy Tales Fiction Illustration Michael Hague
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books; Art and the Arts;
- Size
- 4to
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