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Renowned for his poetry, plays, essays, and conversational skills, Oscar Wilde also wrote scintillating works of short fiction. This volume includes fourfine examples, including The Cante… Meer...

Renowned for his poetry, plays, essays, and conversational skills, Oscar Wilde also wrote scintillating works of short fiction. This volume includes fourfine examples, including The Canterville Ghost, the comical tale ofa spirit who terrorized the residentsof Canterville Chase for three centuries. When the manor is acquired bya no-nonsense American family with no use forthe supernatural, hilarityensues. Three other stories feature "The Sphinx Without a Secret, " a tale of an enigmatic woman who carriesa mystery's key to her grave; "The Model Millionaire, " recounting the exploits of a "delightful, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession"; and "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, " in which an aristocrat learns that he is destined to commitmurder.Rounding out the volume are Wilde's lyrical Poems in Prose: "The Artist, " "The Doer of Good, " "The Disciple, " "The Master, " "The House of Judgment, " and "The Teacher of Wisdom." Dover Publications Classics BE,DE,FR,GB English Literature, Dover Publications<

ISBN: 4c7f724bf4d9dda9387af7b3dcbe6faa

Alma Classics 9781847496126, AU,DE,ES,FR,GB,UK,IT,MX,US English, Alma Books