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道林·格雷的画像
《道林•格雷的画像(中英对照全译本)》讲述的是:天生漂亮异常的道林·格雷因见了画家霍华德给他画的和真人一样大的肖像,发现了自己惊人的美,又听信了亨利·华顿勋爵的吹嘘,开始为自己韶华易逝,美貌难久感到痛苦,表示希望那幅肖像能代替自己承担岁月和心灵的负担,而让他自己永远保持青春貌美。他的这个想入非非的愿望后来却莫名其妙地实现了。一天晚上他粗暴地对待了他所爱的女演员西比尔·苇恩,回到家里,发现那肖像上出现了残忍的表情。原来那肖像已开始随着道林·格雷心灵的变化而变化了。 -
夜莺与玫瑰
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王尔德童话
奥斯卡·王尔德(1854—1900)是英国唯美主义艺术运动的倡导者,著名的作家、诗人、戏剧家。他的写作涉及广泛,包括诗歌、童话、小说、散文、论文、杂文和戏剧。由于他的行文演论无处不是智趣横生,因此被许多颇具权威的百科全书公认为“才子”。尤其是他的几部最具代表性的剧作,如《莎乐美》、《温得莱尔夫人的扇子》和《理想丈夫》等,更是深受中国五四文人推崇,并为中国现代戏剧改革以及话剧的产生和成长提供了有益的资源。田汉等众多作家翻译并公演了《莎乐美》;洪深还将《温得莱尔夫人的扇子》结合中国上海的现实改编为《少奶奶的扇子》。 王尔德是英国文学史上唯美主义运动的创始人和领导者之一,主张为“艺术”而“艺术”,认为文学不应该带有任何功利主义、不应受任何道德标准的支配。虽说他的成就主要在于戏剧和小说,但他的童话也同样载入史册,著有童话集《快乐王子及其他》、《石榴之屋》等。他的童话唯美浪漫、清澈干净、余味无穷,在世界儿童文学中占有相当重要的地位。他尤其注意对语言的经营,读他的童话让人觉得琅琅上口,诗意盎然。周作人评价说王尔德的童话纯粹是“诗人的诗”;英国《典雅》杂志将王尔德和安徒生相提并论,说他的《自私的巨人》堪称“完美之作”。 王尔德的童话向人们展示了一个天真坦荡的心灵世界,快乐王子、夜莺、巨人等等主人公都会为了追求美或为了爱而不惜付出自己的一切。但是在这些充满童趣的故事里,同样蕴涵着深刻的人生哲理,每一个童话中都有值得我们去深思的地方。如同《忠实的朋友》里说的“妒忌是一件非常可怕的事情,它会毁了一个人的品性。”;《少年国王》中少年国王的梦以及他的诸多经历即是对当时社会的一个映衬;年轻的渔夫为了美人鱼而抛弃自己的灵魂以及他与他自己的灵魂的对话,都充满了丰富的社会意义,是值得我们去深思的。 著名文学评论家理查德·依曼这样评论王尔德:“他属于我们这个时代更多于属于维多利亚那个时代。现在,远离了那些丑闻,岁月肯定了他最优秀的著述,他安静地来到我们面前,杰出而高大,讲着寓言和哲理,欢笑而又哭泣,如此娓娓不绝,如此风趣不俗,如此确凿不移。”英格列比说,王尔德的童话有着和“对于美的爱”并行不悖的“对于人类的爱”。带有高度诗意和唯美色彩的王尔德童话适合每一个天真纯朴的孩子和常葆赤子之心的大人! -
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
Synopsis In print since 1948, this is a single-volume collection of Oscar Wilde's texts. It contains his only novel, "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters. Illustrated with many photographs, the book includes introductions to each section by Wilde's grandon, Merlin Holoand, Owen Dudley Edwards, Declan Kibertd and Terence Brown. A comprehensive bibliography of works by and about Oscar Wilde together with a chronological table of his life and work are also included. -
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue of this magazine.Wilde later revised this edition, making several alterations, and adding new chapters; the amended version was published by Ward, Lock, and Company in April 1891.The title is sometimes rendered incorrectly as The Portrait of Dorian Gray. The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfillment of the senses. Realizing that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian (whimsically) expresses a desire to sell his soul to ensure the portrait Basil has painted would age rather than himself. Dorian's wish is fulfilled, plunging him into debauched acts. The portrait serves as a reminder of the effect each act has upon his soul, with each sin displayed as a disfigurement of his form, or through a sign of aging. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray -
快乐王子集
《快乐王子集》作者奥斯卡·王德尔,英国作家、戏剧家、诗人,19世纪末英国唯美主义运动的代言人,主张“为艺术而艺术”。19世纪与萧伯纳齐名的英国才子。他写的剧本《漫德摩尔夫人的扇子》、《莎乐美》等都成为经典之作。他的童话《快乐王子集》1888年一经出版便受到全世界读者的喜爱。因此,王尔德为数不多的几篇童话也被公认为堪与安徒生和格林兄弟的童话相媲美。王尔德的一生大起大落,1900年11月30日,贫困潦倒的王尔德在巴黎逝世,享年46岁。