Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde - Duchess of Padua

Guido Ferranti, a young man, travels to Padua with his friend Ascanio after receiving a mysterious letter from a stranger, claiming to know the true secret of Guido's birth. His plan of revenge goes awry, however,...

2 hours 27 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest is a classic comedy of manners in which two flippant young men, in order to impress their respected beloveds, pretend that their names are “Ernest,” which both young ladies believe...

2 hours 18 minutes

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Comedy

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Oscar Wilde - Importance of Being Earnest (version 3)

Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is subtitled «A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,» and has proved immensely popular since its first performance in 1895. The play certainly has its farcical and comic...

2 hours 11 minutes

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Plays

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Oscar Wilde - Vera; or the Nihilists

Vera; or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the story of Vera Zasulich. It was the first play that Wilde wrote. It was produced in the United...

2 hours 6 minutes

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Satire

499

Oscar Wilde - Lady Windermere's Fan

Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, published in 1893. As in some of his other comedies, Wilde satirizes the morals of Victorian society, and attitudes between...

2 hours 5 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Woman of No Importance

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...

2 hours 3 minutes

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Oscar Wilde - Soul of Man

“(T)he past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.” Published originally as “The Soul of Man Under Socialism,” this is not so much a work of...

Martin Geeson 2 hours 2 minutes

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Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 5)

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Oscar Wilde - Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 5)

Oscar Wilde said of his story The Happy Prince that it was «an attempt to treat a tragic modern problem in a form that aims at delicacy and imaginative treatment; it is a reaction against the purely imitative...

NoelBadrian 1 hour 51 minutes

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Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 3)

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Oscar Wilde - Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 3)

A collection of five stories by Oscar Wilde, all incorporating his inimitable style and wit. Sometimes sweet and uplifting, sometimes caustic and pointed, they all are well worth listening to. The Happy Prince is a...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 51 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

546

Oscar Wilde - Importance of Being Earnest (version 2)

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian...

1 hour 47 minutes

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Oscar Wilde - De Profundis (version 2)

This is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, in which he recounts how he came to be in prison and charts his spiritual development. (summary by AdamH) NOTE: .«Transcribed from...

AdamH 1 hour 47 minutes

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Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 2)

Children's Fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 2)

The Happy Prince and Other Tales (also sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is an 1888 collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde. It is most famous for The Happy Prince, the short tale of a...

om123 1 hour 44 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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