本书收录王尔德创作的全部九篇童话作品。包括《夜莺与玫瑰》《巨人的花园》《快乐王子》等名篇。

本书收录王尔德创作的全部九篇童话作品。包括《夜莺与玫瑰》《巨人的花园》《快乐王子》等名篇。

他用戏剧性的一生诠释那句名言：“做你自己，因为别人已经有人做了。” 继理查德·艾尔曼之后，英国历史学家马修·斯特吉斯执笔 奥斯卡·王尔德研究领域最新力作 入围2019沃尔夫森历史奖（ Wolfson History Prize) 奥斯卡·王尔德的一生——就像他的智慧一样——充满了悖论。他既是“名人文化”的早期倡导者，也是其受害者。他的成就经常被人低估，他的成功遭人摒弃。他深藏喜剧天赋，却奋力创作悲剧。他是一个毫不掩饰的势利小人，却乐于揭露社会的阴暗面。他装出一副纨绔子弟的鄙夷神情，却常常做出大度的善举。他虽然婚姻幸福，却狂热地喜欢上了男人，并因此在事业的顶峰给自己带来了灾难。他蔑视权威，却诉诸法律来维护自己对阿尔弗雷德·道格拉斯勋爵的爱。他喜欢与时尚人群为伍，去世时几乎无人陪伴：下葬时只有十几个人伫立墓旁。 马修·斯特吉斯利用过去三十年曝光的新材料—...(展开全部)

王尔德生于都柏林的一个家世卓越的家庭，是家中的次子，全名为：奥斯卡·芬葛·欧佛雷泰·威尔斯·王尔德（Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde）。他的父亲威廉姆·王尔德爵士是一个外科医生，他的母亲是一位詩人與作家。王尔德是一个优秀的学生，他获得了都柏林圣三一学院（Trinity College）的奖学金，1874年，他进入牛津大学迈格德林学院（Magdalen College）学习。在牛津，王尔德受到了沃尔特·佩特及约翰·拉斯金的审美影响，并接触了新黑格尔派哲学、达尔文进化论和先拉斐尔派的作品，这为他之后成为唯美主义先锋作家确立了方向。当时，虽然年轻的王尔德还没有获得一个文学奖项，但服装惹眼、谈吐机智、特立独行的他在社会上已经小有名气，一些杂志甚至刊登着讽刺他的文章。 1882年，王尔德在美国作了一个精彩的巡回讲座，两年...(展开全部)

The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde includes the two definitive story collections The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891). This volume collects exquisite and poignant tales of true beauty, selfless love, generosity, loyalty, brilliant wit, and moral aestheticism, such as "The Birthday of the Infanta," "The Selfish Giant," The Nightingale a...(展开全部)

Oscar Wilde, best known for his acerbic, witty plays and urbane nonfiction, was also a master of the fairy tale. This volume brings together all of Wilde's tales from his two collections--"The Happy Prince" and "The House of Pomegranates"--and retains the evocative illustrations done for the original editions.

Oscar Wilde, best known for his acerbic, witty plays and urbane nonfiction, was also a master of the fairy tale. This volume brings together all of Wilde's tales from his two collections--"The Happy Prince" and "The House of Pomegranates"--and retains the evocative illustrations done for the original editions.

The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde includes the two definitive story collections The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891). This volume collects exquisite and poignant tales of true beauty, selfless love, generosity, loyalty, brilliant wit, and moral aestheticism, such as "The Birthday of the Infanta," "The Selfish Giant," The Nightingale a...(展开全部)

The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde includes the two definitive story collections The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891). This volume collects exquisite and poignant tales of true beauty, selfless love, generosity, loyalty, brilliant wit, and moral aestheticism, such as "The Birthday of the Infanta," "The Selfish Giant," The Nightingale ...(展开全部)

"The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde" is as the title would suggest a collection of whimiscal tales by Oscar Wilde. This collections includes the following short stories: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and his Soul, and The Star-child. Re...(展开全部)