Bibliograph

The Canterville ghost and other stories, Oscar Wilde

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The Canterville ghost and other stories, Oscar Wilde

Language

eng

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libretto or text

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fiction

Main title

The Canterville ghost and other stories

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electronic resource

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Oclc number

145559663

Responsibility statement

Oscar Wilde

Summary

Oscar Wilde was a prolific and spontaneous storyteller who once declared, "I cannot think otherwise than in stories." Here are a handful of his shorter works that demonstrate his range, versatility, and skill as a storyteller, too often overshadowed by his reputation as a dramatist, critical theorist, and novelist. Wilde shows his wit in the social parodies "The Canterville ghost," "Lord Arthur Savile's crime", "The sphinx without a secret," and "The model millionare." In "The portrait of Mr. W.H.," he identifies the mysterious dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets. Finally, the collection is rounded out by a selection of well known fairy tales, including "The happy prince," "The nightingale and the rose," "The selfish giant," and "The devoted friend."

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