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Vera or, The Nihilists By Oscar WildeVera or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the life of Vera Zasulich. It was Wilde's first play, and the first to be performed. In 1880, with only a few copies privately printed, arrangements were made with noted actresses for a production in the United Kingdom, but this never materialized. The first public performance was in New York City in 1883 at the Union Square Theatre, based on revisions made by Wilde while lecturing in America in 1882. The play was not a success and folded after only one week.It is rarely revived.At the time of writing, the reform-minded Tsar Alexander II was involved in a struggle with revolutionaries who sought to assassinate him (and eventually succeeded). Though none of Wilde's characters correspond to actual Russian people of the time, the above situation was well-known both to Wilde and to the audience for which he was writing. It has been suggested that the plot was inspired by true events. In 1878, three years before the play's completion, Vera Zasulich shot the Governor of St Petersburg, Trepov. Wilde described himself as a Socialist, although Ellmann describes his Socialism as more "a general hatred of tyranny" than a specific political belief.Marie Prescott and her husband, Mr Perzel purchased the rights to perform the play, and she was the leading actress in its first performance at the Union Square Theatre. Wilde travelled to America for the second time in his life specifically to oversee the production.The play was withdrawn after one week. Mr Perzel stated to newspapers "the play is withdrawn simply because it did not pay," citing that he had lost $2,500 on the piece the previous week. He also implied that he had hoped Wilde himself would lecture between the acts, allowing him to capitalise on Wilde's popularity as a public speaker.Peter Sabouroff (an Innkeeper).Vera Sabouroff (his Daughter).Michael (a Peasant).Dmitri Sabouroff.Colonel Kotemkin.Ivan the Czar.Prince Paul Maraloffski (Prime Minister of Russia).Prince Petrovitch.Count Rouvaloff.Marquis de Poivrard.Baron Raff.General Kotemkin.A Page.A Colonel of the Guard.Peter Tchernavitch, President of the Nihilists.Michael.Alexis Ivanacievitch, known as a Student of Medicine.

Texte intégral.En édition bilingue anglais/français, avec lecture audio intégrée: Non seulement vous pourrez lireSalomé en français et en anglais, mais vous pouvez aussi écouter la lecture de cet ouvrage en anglais, grâce à votre téléphone ou votre tablette. L'idéal pour améliorer votre maîtrise de la langue de Wilde !Cruauté, sacrilège, étrangeté et érotisme se mêlent dans cette tragédie en un acte d'Oscar Wilde, évoquant l'épisode biblique de Salomé. Salomé belle-fille du tétrarque de Galilée Hérode Antipas, qui, à la consternation de son beau-père, mais au grand plaisir de sa mère Hérodiade, demande qu'on lui apporte la tête de Iokanaan (Jean le Baptiste) sur un plateau d'argent comme récompense pour avoir exécuté la danse des sept voiles.De cette danseuse fatale, Wilde donna dans Salomé l'une des interprétations les plus marquantes de l'histoire de la littérature. La tension croissante de cette pièce traduit la montée du désir monstrueux de Salomé, la fille d'Hérodias, pour le prophète Iokanaan.La princesse de Judée, qui incarne la femme " naturelle, c'est-à-dire abominable " selon Baudelaire, devint une figure majeure de l'imaginaire décadent, à la fin du XIXe siècle, et le mythe de Salomé suscitera une fascination sans égale chez les peintres, poètes et romanciers.Oscar Wilde écrivit cette pièce à Paris, où il s'était retiré après avoir achevé L'Éventail de Lady Windermere. Il la dédia à Pierre Louÿs, qui apporta quelques corrections au texte mais n'intervint que très peu. Séduite par le rôle-titre, Sarah Bernhardt décida de l'interpréter elle-même, et les répétitions commencèrent au Palace Theatre de Londres. Ces répétitions durent toutefois s'interrompre lorsque la censure du Lord Chamberlain eut interdit Salomé au motif qu'il était illégal de représenter sur scène des personnages bibliques. Indigné, Wilde envisagea de renoncer à sa nationalité britannique et de devenir français afin de ne plus avoir à subir de telles restrictions.

En édition bilingue anglais/français, avec lecture audio intégrée: Non seulement vous pouvez lireLe Portrait de Dorian Gray en français et en anglais, mais vous pouvez aussi écouter la lecture de cet ouvrage dans ces deux langues, grâce à votre téléphone ou tablette. L'idéal pour améliorer votre maîtrise de la langue d'Oscar Wilde... ou de Molière !

The Masterpieces of World Fiction series brings together the best-loved short stories by the great masters of the genre-from Chekov and Maupassant, Kipling and Wilde, to O. Henry and Saki and Tolstoy and Conrad. Thoughtfully compiled by the bestselling author Terry O' Brien, this series is a great way for readers to revisit old favourites and for introducing literary masterpieces to newer, younger readers.

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short works by the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithA Penguin Classic HardcoverWith warmth, tenderness and quiet wit, Oscar Wilde's fables and fairy tales have moved and delighted for generations. In far-off kingdoms and ocean realms, in the company of giants and nightingales, Wilde speaks of heartbreak and redemption, of cruelty and compassion, of love lost, of love gained, of love lasting. Included in this selection are stories from The Happy Prince and A House of Pomegranates.

Oscar Wilde's first major success on the stage, Lady Windermere's Fan premiered in London in 1892 to sold-out fashionable crowds. The social comedy centers on a woman who has been cast out of and hopes to re-enter society but ultimately sacrifices herself to save her grown daughter's dignity and social standing. Filled with some of Wilde's best-known and wittiest epigrammatic sayings, the play's exposure of upper-class hypocrisy is far deeper and more poignant than such funny writing ought to allow.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, poet, and novelist, known for his biting wit, defense of aesthetics, and defiance of social conventions. The author of celebrated comedies, including The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and the iconic novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, at the height of his fame he was sentenced to two years' hard labor for "gross indecency" with men. He died penniless in Paris three years after his release from prison. He ranks among the most celebrated writers in English literature.

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, the early 1890s saw him become one of the most popular playwrights in London. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts, imprisonment, and early death at age 46. Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. A young Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, Wilde read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Oxford.

In HIM & HER, the best-selling poet returns with a new voice, a new road, but with the same goal. "He-poetry" amid a world of "she-poems" is the focus of HIM & HER. Oscar's poems and prose pay honor to men and women, their unspoken feelings, unappreciated power, their loud quiet, and their ignored complaints, all of which he wears on his sleeve. He and she praises men and women who are good people, who have value, and who are beautiful. The traits that are typically overlooked have been brought to light.Finding A Love That Makes You Feel Forever Changed.When you find love, your life is changed forever. This is a rhyming poetry about being brought to life.

Shanto, Kanto, and Khuku find a new family member in Haroo. But how do their neighbours and friends in the village feel about the unusual family member, Haroo?Featuring three children and an endearing slithery creature, here is a story that is sure to surprise and delight you in equal measure!

Do you want to read The Picture of Dorian Gray? If so then keep reading...In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind.What are you waiting for The Picture of Dorian Gray is one click away, select the "Buy Now" button in the top right corner NOW!

Als Mr. Hiram B. Otis, der amerikanische Gesandte, Schloß Canterville kaufte, sagte ihm ein jeder, daß er sehr töricht daran täte, da dieses Schloß ohne Zweifel verwünscht sei.Sogar Lord Canterville selbst, ein Mann von peinlichster Ehrlichkeit, hatte es als seine Pflicht betrachtet, diese Tatsache Mr. Otis mitzuteilen, bevor sie den Verkauf abschlossen.Doch Mr.Otis und seine Familie glauben nicht an Geister und bieten dem Gespenst Paroli. Davon erzählt Oscar Wilde in einer Melange aus Spukgeschichte und Gesellschaftssatire.

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s.As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art" and interior decoration, and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French while in Paris but it was refused a license for England due to an absolute prohibition on the portrayal of Biblical subjects on the English stage. Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late-Victorian London.At the height of his fame and success, while The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) was still being performed in London, Wilde prosecuted the Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel. The Marquess was the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. The libel trial unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and trial for gross indecency with men. After two more trials, he was convicted and sentenced to two years' hard labor, the maximum penalty, and was jailed from 1895 to 1897. During his last year in prison, he wrote De Profundis (published posthumously in 1905), a long letter that discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. On his release, he left immediately for France, and never returned to Ireland or Britain. There he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life.The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Some contemporary reviews praised the play's humor and the culmination of Wilde's artistic career, while others were cautious about its lack of social messages. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.After his release from prison, he published the play from exile in Paris, but he wrote no more comic or dramatic works.The Importance of Being Earnest has been revived many times since its premiere. It has been adapted for the cinema on three occasions. In The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), Dame Edith Evans reprised her celebrated interpretation of Lady Bracknell; The Importance of Being Earnest (1992) by Kurt Baker used an all-black cast; and Oliver Parker's The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) incorporated some of Wilde's original material cut during the preparation of the original stage production.