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The Happy Prince & Other Stories
Publisher Comments: The highest standards in editing and production have been applied to the Wordsworth Children's Classics, while the low price makes them affordable for everyone. Wordsworth's list covers a range of the best-loved stories for children, from nursery tales, classic fables, and fairy tales to stories that will appeal to older children and adults alike. Many of these volumes have contemporary illustrations, and while they are ideal for shared family reading, their attractive format will also encourage children to read for themselves. Like all Wordsworth Editions, these children's books represent unbeatable value. Synopsis: These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. -
A Woman of No Importance
在线阅读本书 The scene is set in an English country house â" Hunstanton (Lady Hunstanton's property). The curtains open to the terrace where we are introduced to Lady Caroline who is engaging in conversation with Lady Huntstanton's American Puritan guest Hester Worsley. Other characters are introduced, including the flirtatious Mrs Allonby, the meek Lady Stutfield and Lady Caroline's submissive husband Sir John. They discuss frivolous matters and are later joined by the powerful, charming and charismatic gentleman, Lord Illingworth who has offered the post of secretary to the fortunate Gerald Arbuthnot. Gerald's mother is invited to join the party, and when she arrives she realises that Lord Illingworth is Gerald's father. She had an affair with him twenty years ago, became pregnant and he refused to marry her, making her a "fallen woman." She is reluctant to let Gerald become Illingworth's secretary, but doesn't tell Gerald her reasons behind her reluctance... -
狱中记
这位自称“除了天才就一无所有的爱尔兰的绿孔雀”,在狱中搓完粗麻绳,以泪洗面给自己的同性恋密友道格拉斯写这封长信的时候,还恍惚置身于鲜花与掌声、机智的谈吐与百合花的清香中。他曾遍尝人间的鲜果,曾自由或自以为自由地飞翔在精神的天堂,现在他才知道自己的天才同样可以给自己带来精神的地狱。读这样的作品,带给人们的也许并不是对他天才的激赏,而是对一位真正天才同情,以及对命运女神喜怒无常本性的更深一层的理解。 -
审判王尔德实录
“我的一生有两大关键点,一是我父亲把我送进牛津大学,一是社会把我送进监狱。” ——王尔德 英国诗人王尔德的风化案沸沸扬扬了两个世纪。本书作者搜集西方关于这一问题的各种档案文献、报道材料,得闲整理,再现了这一桩具有重大文化史、社会史意义的案件的发生与审理过程。 书无所谓道德的或不道德的,书有写得好的或写得糟的,仅此而已。艺术家从来没有病态的,艺术家可以表现一切。其实,艺术这面镜子反映的是照镜者,而不是生活。 ——王尔德 审判王尔德的过程,实际上只不过是王尔德人生戏剧中的一场演出,类似于他的剧本《温德米夫人的扇子》、《诚实的重要性》的演出。在这次演出过程中,演员们形态各异,修养各异,谈吐各异,但都知道自己在扮演什么角色,都要竭力展示出自认为最出彩、最容易赢得观众掌声的那一面,其中最佳演员非王尔德莫属。 -
Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
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Lady Windermere's Fan (Penguin Popular Classics)
There is not a GOOD woman in London who would not applaud me. We have been too lax. We must make an example. I propose to begin to-night. [Picking up fan.] Yes, you gave me this fan to-day; it was your birthday present. If that woman crosses my threshold, I shall strike her across the face with it.