'Flamboyant fin-de-siecle literary figure Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage.Here in o...

Dorian Gray has just had his portrait painted. It is a perfect likeness of the quite extraordinary beautiful young man, and it prompts him to make a mad wish for eternal youth. In the years to come, he devotes his public life to and a...

Known as one of the greatest comedies written in English, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest attacks Victorian manners and morals in what can only be described as the most maliciously delicious way. A witty satire of Victor...

Oscar Wilde's gothic masterpiece scandalized Victorian England on its publication in 1891. Displaying all his famous wit as well as his controversial aesthetic philosophy, the tale of Dorian Gray's gradual slide into corruption retain...

Here is some of Oscar Wildes finest short fiction: Lord Arthur Saviles Crime, The Canterville Ghost, The Model Millionaire, The Sphinx without a Secret and The Portrait of Mr W. H. The range of Wildes talent and wit is fully evident i...

Classic fairy stories from Oscar Wilde, sixty of the finest and most entertaining poems for younger listeners, plus two of the most vivid figures in children s fiction: The Little Princess and Pinocchio. Over nine hours of audio enter...

A terrifying ghost is haunting the ancient mansion of Canterville Chase, complete with creaking floorboards, clanking chains and gruesome disguises - but the new occupants seem strangely undisturbed by his presence. Deftly contrasting...

Starring James Marsters, this stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners is complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think their names are Ern...

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.'When Basil Hallward paints the portrait of young, handsome Dorian Gray, he falls prey to his daz...

Oscar Wilde's stories for children include poignant tales of love, loss, riches, hope and happiness - specially retold with sumptuous illustrations.

"The Soul of Man under Socialism" is an 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde in which he expounds a libertarian socialist worldview and a critique of charity. The writing of "The Soul of Man" followed Wilde's conversion to an...

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