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Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in 'The Model Millionaire', while 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141439693
eBay Product ID (ePID)90882745
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Complete Short Fiction
AuthorOscar Wilde
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicShort Stories, Literary Theory, Books
Publication Year2003
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorOscar Wilde
EditorIan Small
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom