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Das "Das Bildnis des Mr. W. H." ist ein Gemälde, bei welchem neben dem Hauptmotiv des portraitierten Jünglings ein Buch mit altertümlichen Buchstaben darauf zu sehen ist. Ein Diskurs mit wissenschaftlicher Beweisführung wird losgetreten, bei welchem geklärt werden soll, ob einzelne Sonette von William Shakespeare sich auf den Jüngling Mr. W. H. beziehen oder nicht. Thesen und Antithesen, Beweise und Gegenbeweise werden angeführt, aber die zwei schlüssigsten Theorien schließen sich gegenseitig aus.

The little Swallow befriends the Happy Prince's statue and learns what love is. One of Wilde's magical morality tales.

Les mésaventures cocasses d'un épouvantable fantôme anglais se retrouvant persécuté par une famille d'américains sceptiques devenue propriétaire du château qu'il hante depuis trois siècles. Oscar Wilde s'amuse, pour notre plus grand plaisir, du fossé culturel entre le conformisme anglais et le réalisme américain. Un conte raffiné et merveilleux flirtant avec la parodie du genre.

Four of Oscar Wilde's best stories - perhaps his best work of all. In any case, these selections are well worth hearing for their wide range of thoughts, emotions, and wit. An afterword is included for those interested. (American accent narration.)

Oscar Wilde told and retold his fairy tales to friends in private readings, refining them further each time before finally publishing them in two collections between 1888 and 1891 to great acclaim and lasting popularity ever since. Much of their charm is due to Wilde's intention that the stories be "studies in prose... meant partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy, and who find in simplicity a subtle strangeness."

One of the great literary classics of Western literature and the only published novel written by Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray created great controversy on publication because of its homosexual undertones, and was later used as evidence against him at his trial at the Old Bailey in 1895. "If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old...I would give my soul for that!" The wish uttered by Dorian Gray as he gazes on his portrait forms the basis of this story.

La novella, che fa parte di una raccolta di fiabe (Il principe felice e gli altri racconti) pubblicata da Oscar Wilde nel 1888, narra la vicenda di un giovane studente alla ricerca di una rosa rossa da regalare alla sua amata e di un usignolo che decide di aiutarlo. Dopo diversi tentativi infruttuosi, l'uccellino trova un cespuglio di rose rosse che però hanno perso la loro colorazione a causa del freddo inverno. Così il cespuglio suggerisce all'usignolo di colorare una rosa col suo sangue.

Los Otis, una acomodada familia estadounidense, compra el añejo castillo inglés de los Canterville. Todos, hasta el mismo dueño, les avisan que la vivienda está habitada por un horrible fantasma, pero los Otis no creen en esas cosas. Lejos de amedrentarse, compran el castillo con fantasma incluído y acaban atormentando al pobre espectro anacrónico, que termina siendo juguete y víctima de los dos niños terribles de la familia.

Imaginez le plus beau des jardins... doucement, vous décidez d'y pénétrer. Mais alors que vous contemplez ses mille merveilles, une main épaisse s'abat sur votre épaule ! Vous êtes grondé, et puis chassé, les fesses bottées, les oreilles presque arrachées. À partir de demain, un large mur défendra le jardin. Et nul ne s'avisera plus d'y entrer ! Seulement l'été et le printemps sont saisons timides, elles aussi resteront dehors. Sept années passent, de froid et de tristesse. Jusqu'à ce nouveau matin...

This fanciful, sometimes poignant, collection includes "The Young King", "The Happy Prince", "The Fisherman and His Soul", "The Shelfish Giant" and "The Nightengale and the Rose".

A vintage collection of some of the greatest short stories ever written: "The Purloined Letter", by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Nose", by Nikolai Gogol; "The Story of an Hour", by Kate Chopin; "The Gift of the Magi", by O. Henry; "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal", by Daniel Defoe; "The Lifted Veil", by George Eliot; "Life of Ma Parker", by Katherine Mansfield; "The Baron", by Katherine Mansfield; "The Cask of Amontillado", by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Seventh Pullet", by Saki; and more.

He won't let the children play in his garden. What can give him a change of heart?

Il principe felice e altre fiabe' è un audiolibro, proposto da Alfaudiobook, che raccoglie quattro fiabe di Oscar Wilde...

Es spukt auf Schloss Canterville! Ein altehrwürdiger Geist heult schon seit Hunderten von Jahren in dem Gemäuer. Trotzdem zieht die Familie Otis auf dem Schloss ein. Das Gespenst spukt, was das Zeug hält, es rasselt mit den Ketten und verteilt Blutflecken - aber ohne Erfolg, denn die aufgeklärte amerikanische Familie ist durch nichts zu erschrecken. Einzig Tochter Virginia empfindet Mitleid mit dem verzweifelten Geist und versucht, ihn zu erlösen. Ob es gelingt?

Mit scharfem Verstand, treffsicherem Witz und ästhetischem Gespür erzählt Oscar Wilde in seinem berühmten Roman Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray von dem zum Scheitern verurteilten Versuch eines Lebens als Kunstwerk...

Pubblicati nel 1888, il Principe felice, Il gigante egoista e L'usignolo e la rosa sembrano favole per bambini, ma contengono invece un messaggio per tutti gli uomini, per il loro ottuso atteggiamento di fronte agli intramontabili valori dell'arte e della vita. Sono novelle ricche di un delicato lirismo, nelle quali lo straordinario talento creativo di Wilde profonde visioni di grazia e di bellezza incomparabili.

Oscar Wilde’s only published novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray presents an intriguing idea: the main character, Dorian Gray, allows a painting to be subjected to the consequences of his actions and general aging, allowing him, in turn, to live a carefree and youthful life.

A selfish giant has a change of heart and begins to welcome children to his previously forbidden garden - and receives a reward from a most unusual child. While the Irish writer Oscar Wilde is most famous for his plays and novels for adults, he also wrote a number of wonderful and insightful children's stories like this one.

Esta es quizás la más famosa de las obras de teatro de Oscar Wilde, y una de las más jocosas. Esta versión en audio incluye un nuevo conjunto interpretando una nueva traducción de este excelente clásico de Oscar Wilde.

Hughie Erskine drops in to see his artist friend Alan Trevor who is painting what appears to be a street beggar. Feeling sympathy for the poor wretch, Erskine gives him money. What he does not realize is that the "beggar" is merely posing for the artist and is actually one of the richest men in the world, Baron Hausberg, who does not reveal his identity until Erskine has made a complete fool of himself. Renowned vocal actor David Ian Davies performs Oscar Wilde's classic short story.