Oscar Wilde

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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

General Fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories. This collection exemplifies Wilde's sharp wit and dark humour. Stories in this collection include Lord Arthur...

Alex Lau and 1 more 4 hours 10 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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Picture of Dorian Gray (version 2 dramatic reading)

Dramatic Readings

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Oscar Wilde - Picture of Dorian Gray (version 2 dramatic reading)

The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a...

9 hours 27 minutes

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Oscar Wilde - Salome

The original 1891 version of the play was in French. Three years later an English translation was published. The play tells in one act the Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to...

1 hour 10 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Oscar Wilde - House Of Pomegranates

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888). Wilde once said that this collection was «intended...

Alex Lau 3 hours 26 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...

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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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Poetry

Oscar Wilde - Symphony in Yellow

LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Symphony in Yellow by Oscar Wilde. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 18, 2012. Oscar Wilde, an Irish author who lived for much of his life in London, is...

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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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Fantastic Fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Picture Of Dorian Gray (1891 Version)

The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue of this magazine. Wilde later revised...

Bob Neufeld 9 hours 30 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 - 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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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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