The stories give free rein to Wilde's originality, literary skill, and sophistication. They have never lacked readers and admirers, George Orwell and W. Oscar Wilde was already famous as a brilliant wit and raconteur when he first began to publish his short stories in the late 1880s. 'Wilde did not converse - he told tales.'

Extensive and helpful Explanatory Notes.

H.' that holds an important key to the meaning of the short story.

Appendix containing an important passage from the book-length version of 'The Portrait of Mr.

Useful and up-to-date Select Bibliography.

Detailed and informative Note on the Text.

Engaging and informative Introduction by John Sloan.

Includes a useful and up-to-date bibliography and extensive and helpful explanatory notes.

The Introduction argues for Wilde's originality and literary achievement as a short-story writer, emphasizing his literary skill, and discussing the periodicals in which they first appeared, their intended readership, and their enduring value.

H.' on the Neo-Platonic ideal of friendship between men, an important key to the short story's meaning. An Appendix reprints an important passage from the book-length version of 'The Portrait of Mr W.H.', about the mysterious dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets. Includes best-loved stories such as 'The Happy Prince', 'The Selfish Giant', and 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' as well as the innovative 'Portrait of Mr W.Oscar Wilde's shorter fiction includes memorable fairy-tales, witty comedies, and daring narrative experiments: all are contained in this enchanting collection.Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public HealthĮdited by John Sloan Oxford World's Classics.The European Society of Cardiology Series.Oxford Commentaries on International Law.

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