Oscar Wilde

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Oscar Wilde - Fisherman and His Soul (Version 2)

To get what we want is often the greatest curse of all. The fisherman here accidentally catches a mermaid in his net. He falls in love with the Mermaid and tells her that he wants to marry her. She tells him that he...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 32 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Oscar Wilde - Fuite de la Lune

While at Trinity Collage, Wilde obtained a reputation for clever repartee and keen wit. He affected a superior air in his manners which irritated his fellow undergraduates, so that he once became the object of their...

Algy Pug and 21 more 20 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

439

Oscar Wilde - Ideal Husband (version 2)

The «Ideal Husband» of the title is Sir Robert Chiltern, with his equally upright wife Lady Chiltern. He has never committed a crime, never had a «past» and never bowed to corruption or influence, or so she thinks…...

3 hours 12 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Oscar Wilde - House of Pomegranates (version 2)

A House of Pomegranates (1891) is the title of the second collection of Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde. This book contains four tales: 1. «The Young King»; which is about taking responsibility. 2. «The Birthday of the...

NoelBadrian 3 hours 43 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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Anthologies

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Oscar Wilde - Poems of Oscar Wilde

Complied by Thomas B. Mosher and released in 1906, this collection contains nearly every poem published by Oscar Wilde during his lifetime. From his Oxford undergrad days, through his rise to fame and scandal, all the...

Tomas Peter and 1 more 4 hours 26 minutes

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Poetry

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Oscar Wilde - Charmides, and Other Poems

This is a volume of poetry by Oscar Wilde, containing some of his rather famous longer poetry in the first part, and a section of sonnets in the second part of the book. — Summary by Carolin

Tomas Peter and 7 more 1 hour 38 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

470

Oscar Wilde - Canterville Ghost (version 2)

A modern American family move into a traditionally drafty and very haunted English mansion. So far so good but anyone knowing Wilde can expect twists and turns to make it interesting. In this cast the crusty old ghost...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 20 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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Plays

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Oscar Wilde - Lady Windermere's Fan (Version 2)

Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's...

Phil Chenevert 2 hours 28 minutes

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Satire

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Oscar Wilde - Importance of Being Earnest (Version 4)

This is a solo recording of the play, meaning that all parts including stage directions are performed by one person. LibriVox has three excellent dramatic recordings with all the parts played by different people so if...

Phil Chenevert 2 hours 38 minutes

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Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 4 dramatic reading)

Dramatic Readings

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Oscar Wilde - Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 4 dramatic reading)

Wilde's collection of fairytales has delighted both children and adults since it was first published in 1888. It contains five stories, «The Happy Prince», «The Nightingale and the Rose», «The Selfish Giant», «The...

1 hour 41 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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