About the Book

The Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde is the only truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Oscar Wilde’s works, and is available in both hardback and this paperback edition.

Continuously in print since 1948, the Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde has long been recognised as the most comprehensive and authoritative single-volume collection of Wilde’s texts available, containing his only novel, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters, all in their most authoritative texts.

Illustrated with many fascinating photographs, the book includes introductions to each section by Merlin Holland (Oscar’s grandson), Owen Dudley Edwards, Declan Kiberd and Terence Brown.

Also included is a comprehensive bibliography of works by and about Oscar Wilde, and a chronological table of his life and work.

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780007144365
• ISBN 10: 0007144369
• Imprint: Collins
• On Sale: 08/04/2003
• Pages: 1216
• List Price:32.99 CAD
• BISAC1 : DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
• BISAC2 : FICTION / Literary

Oscar Wilde

Biography

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 and died on the 30th November 1900. He was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’.

Other Works by Oscar Wilde

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray (Collins Classics)

  By Oscar Wilde

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray: A-level set text student edition (Collins Classroom Classics)

  By Oscar Wilde

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  The Happy Prince and Other Stories (Collins Classics)

  By Oscar Wilde