Oscar Wilde

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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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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Oscar Wilde - Fisherman and his Soul

”The Fisherman and his Soul” is a fairy tale first published in November of 1891 in Wilde’s “A House of Pomegranates”. It tells of a fisherman who nets and falls in love with a mermaid. But to be with her he must...

Gregg Margarite 1 hour 20 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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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...

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Poetry

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Oscar Wilde - Serenade

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of Serenade by Oscar Wilde. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of April 20th, 2008.

Anne Cheng and 11 more 25 minutes

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General Fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Aphorisms

In 1894, Oscar Wilde (1854 — 1900) published two collections of aphorisms: A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated , in the Saturday Review newspaper, and Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the...

Carl Manchester 11 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Oscar Wilde - De Profundis

This short work of Wilde's was written during his two year incarceration for «gross indecency». This work is a letter which sorts out his life, and his love toward Lord Alfred Douglas. Wilde wrote this as a farewell...

Aaron Elliott 1 hour 21 minutes

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Satire

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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 - Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedy by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honor. The action is set in London, in «the present», and...

3 hours 18 minutes

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Poetry

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Oscar Wilde - Ballad of Reading Gaol, (version 2)

In 1895, Oscar Wilde was sentenced to 2 years of hard labor for acts of ‘gross indecency’. During his time at Reading Gaol, he witnessed a rare hanging, and in the three years between his release and his untimely...

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Poetry

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Oscar Wilde - Ballad of Reading Gaol

Wilde’s meditation on capital punishment, the Ballad of Reading Gaol comes after he was convicted and imprisoned under charges of gross indecency. The charges stemmed from his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, the son...

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*Non-fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Reviews

Wilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would have preferred to forget. As a matter of fact, I believe this volume will prove...

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Short Stories

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Oscar Wilde - Happy Prince and Other Tales

Collection of children’s stories written in 1888, dealing primarily with love and selfishness. These stories are generally sad, with a moralistic message. The collection includes: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and...

Joy Chan 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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