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Wilde's short fiction includes such masterpieces as 'The Happy Prince', 'The Selfish Giant', 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', as well as the daring narrative experiments of 'The Portrait of Mr. W.H.' and 'Poems...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | New edition. |
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Oxford world's classics
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Wilde's short fiction includes such masterpieces as 'The Happy Prince', 'The Selfish Giant', 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', as well as the daring narrative experiments of 'The Portrait of Mr. W.H.' and 'Poems in Prose'. This edition shows how they continue to the enthral and challenge the reader. - from the publisher's website. |
| Item Description: | First published as Complete Shorter Fiction in 1980. |
| Carrier Form: | xxxvi, 250 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780199535064 019953506X |
| Index Number: | PR5812 |
| CLC: | I561.73 |
| Call Number: | I561.73/W672/new ed. |
| Contents: | Lord Arthur Savile's crime -- Sphinx without a secret -- Canterville ghost -- Model millionaire -- Happy prince -- Nightingale and the rose -- Selfish giant -- Devoted friend -- Remarkable rocket -- Portrait of Mr. W.H. -- Young King -- Birthday of the infanta -- Fisherman and his soul -- Star-Child -- Artist -- Doer of good -- Disciple -- Master -- House of Judgment -- Teacher of Wisdom -- Appendix: the extended version of 'The portrait of Mr. W.H.' (1921). |