Books by Oscar Wilde
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review 1: I'm glad I learned in high school that I didn't have to love the classics just because they are classics.It's a book that glorifies youth, (wittily) puts down women, and explores the darkness of cherub-faced amorality, decadence and high drama; none of those are particularly my c...
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review 1: Questa raccolta di aforismi di Oscar Wilde comprende citazioni da tutte le opere del più famoso esteta del Decadentismo britannico, completata da un’introduzione biografica e la presentazione dell’autore da parte di James Joyce. La figura enigmatica di Wilde emerge in ogni aforis...
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review 1: A great work by Oscar Wilde, which I found enchanting from the opening pages. Although I read the known and extended version of the novel (of 1891) before, I wanted to read the first version submitted by Oscar Wilde that was subject to some changes later on, and which received se...
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review 1: Voici ce qui compte au sujet du Portrait de Dorian Grey. Oscar WIlde a voulu développer une idée et essayer d'en faire un roman. La première partie sur le « dépucelage » au propre comme au figuré du jeune Dorian est fascinante. Lord Harry, être fourbe et sadique suave est LE pers...
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review 1: Although I prefer Oscar Wilde's plays to his fiction or short fiction for that matter, I could enjoy this collection. The stories are mostly moralizing fables but Wilde's sense of humor comes through, which alleviates the melodrama. The banter between the characters has the rin...