Oscar Wilde Books In Order

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. The Canterville Ghost (1887)
  2. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
  3. The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1899)
  4. The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (1904)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. The Sphinx Without a Secret (1887)
  2. Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime (1887)
  3. The Nightingale and the Rose (1888)
  4. The Selfish Giant (1888)
  5. The Remarkable Rocket (1888)
  6. The Devoted Friend (1888)
  7. The Birthday of the Infanta (1891)
  8. Star-Child (1891)
  9. The Young King (1891)
  10. The Fisherman & His Soul (1891)
  11. A Florentine Tragedy (1906)

Plays In Publication Order

  1. Vera or the Nihilists (1880)
  2. The Duchess of Padua (1883)
  3. Salomé (1891)
  4. Lady Windermere’s Fan (1893)
  5. An Ideal Husband (1893)
  6. A Woman of No Importance (1894)
  7. The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
  8. Selected Plays (2004)

Collections In Publication Order

  1. The Duchess of Padua (1883)
  2. The Model Millionaire (1887)
  3. The Happy Prince (1888)
  4. Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (1891)
  5. A House of Pomegranates (1891)
  6. Intentions (1891)
  7. Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (1891)
  8. The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems (1896)
  9. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings (1898)
  10. Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (1908)
  11. Reviews (1908)
  12. The Prose of Oscar Wilde (1909)
  13. Reviews (1909)
  14. The Harlot’s House (1929)
  15. The Selfish Giant & Other Classic Tales (1967)
  16. Fairy Tales and Stories (1980)
  17. The Complete Illustrated Stories, Plays and Poems of Oscar Wilde (1991)
  18. Oscar Wilde’s Stories for All Ages (2009)
  19. Lies: Vintage Minis (2020)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. The Decay of Lying (1889)
  2. Oscariana (1895)
  3. The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde (1962)
  4. Sixteen Letters from Oscar Wilde (1974)
  5. Nothing… Except My Genius (1997)

Poetry Collections In Publication Order

  1. Ravenna (1878)
  2. Poems (1881)
  3. Poems in Prose (1894)
  4. The Sphinx (1894)
  5. Ballad of Reading Gaol (1896)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991)
  2. The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction (1999)

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Oscar Wilde Books Overview

The Canterville Ghost

In the first of these two classic stories from Oscar Wilde, a 300 year old ghost finds that the American family who have moved into the house he haunts are not quite the same as other families. In the second story, a nice young man meets a millionaire, but thinks he is a beggar. ‘Penguin Readers’ is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series’ combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre 20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. ‘Penguin Readers’ are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from ‘Easystarts’ with a 200 word vocabulary, to Level 6 Advanced with a 3000 word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub categories: ‘Contemporary’, ‘Classics’ or ‘Originals’. At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying ‘Penguin Readers Factsheets’ which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

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The Portrait of Mr. W. H.

In 1609, the first edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets was published, featuring the mysterious dedication: To Mr W.H. Ever since, the identity of Mr W.H. has been the subject of a series of fascinating theories but none quite so ingenious as that of Oscar Wilde s The Portrait of Mr W.H. Cambridge scholar Cyril Graham spent his days performing in Shakespeare s plays, and, being somewhat effeminate in nature, he was cast in the female roles. And then he made a rather startling discovery the Mr W.H. to whom Shakespeare dedicated his Sonnets could be none other than Will Hughes, the boy actor of Shakespeare s plays! But when no one shares his conviction, he resolves to find another way to convince them.

The Nightingale and the Rose

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The Selfish Giant

The classic Oscar Wilde story of The Selfish Giant who won’t let anyone into his garden until his heart is softened by one very special little boy, illustrated with great drama. The Bloomsbury Children’s Classics Series: The Brave Sister, retold by Fiona Waters, illustrated by Danuta Mayer The Selfish Giant, retold by Fiona Waters, illustrated by Fabian Negrin The Emperor and the Nightingale, retold by Fiona Waters, illustrated by Paul Birkbeck Bisky Bats and Pussy Cats, animal nonsense poems by Edward Lear, illustrated by Matilda Harrison. The Nonsense Verse of Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Lorna Hussey

The Birthday of the Infanta

One of comic art’s most respected and pioneering artists, well known for his opera adaptations and beautiful fantasy work, P. Craig Russell is in the process of adapting Oscar Wilde s famous fairy tales in a series of landmark volumes.

Star-Child

A star falls from the winter sky into a wood, and there two shepherds find a strange infant. Though exquisitely beautiful of face and form, the Star Child turns out to be a cruel and selfish boy. One day, he taunts a poor beggar woman who, to his horror, then claims to be his mother. This classic Oscar Wilde story, brought vividly to life by Jindra Capek’s colourful and dramatic pictures.

Vera or the Nihilists

GENERAL: Why, five years ago, when I was a plain Colonel, I remember her, your Highness, a common waiting girl in an inn. If I had known then what she was going to turn out, I would have flogged her to death on the roadside. She is not a woman at all, she is a sort of devil! For the last eighteen months I have been hunting her, and caught sight of her once last September outside Odessa.

The Duchess of Padua

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Salomé

This joint centennial edition of Salome and Under the Hill, united by seventeen of Beardsley’s unsurpassable drawings, is a timely rehabilitation of these two all too often ignored fin de siecle texts, and constitues a volume of unadulterated Decadent Erotica which must surely stand as the apogee of its kind. Censored, banned, and ridiculed upon publication, Oscar Wilde’s Salome, written in 1892 in the French language, must now be viewed as one of the greatest of all Decadent texts; an aesthetic masterwork which has seldom been accorded due respect. Salome is an evocation of biblical horror in which blasphemies abound. More than this, its atmosphere seethes with a dangerous erotic charge from the very outset. Relentless, hypnotic repetitions in the words, arranged in fugue candences, the tale unfolds with the inexorable acceleration of an org*asmic nightmare. Aubrey Beardsley’s Under the Hill, a short work commenced in 1894, but left unfinished at the time of Beardsley’s premature demise, nonetheless achieves the quintessence of Decadence, an evocation of a synaesthetic pleasure dome. A unique and indispensable text for any who seek the uttermost extremes of the manifest imagination.

An Ideal Husband

Purchase one of 1st World Library’s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library Literary Society is a non profit educational organization. Visit us online at www. 1stWorldLibrary. ORG The room is brilliantly lighted and full of guests. At the top of the staircase stands LADY CHILTERN, a woman of grave Greek beauty, about twenty seven years of age. She receives the guests as they come up. Over the well of the staircase hangs a great chandelier with wax lights, which illumine a large eighteenth century French tapestry representing the Triumph of Love, from a design by Boucher that is stretched on the staircase wall. On the right is the entrance to the music room. The sound of a string quartette is faintly heard. The entrance on the left leads to other reception rooms. MRS. MARCHMONT and LADY BASIL DON, two very pretty women, are seated together on a Louis Seize sofa. They are types of exquisite fragility. Their affectation of manner has a delicate charm. Watteau would have loved to paint them.

A Woman of No Importance

Oscar Wilde’s audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot’s long concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton’s country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald’s mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?

The Duchess of Padua

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The Model Millionaire

Playwright, poet, essayist, flamboyant man about town, Oscar Wilde pack an astonishing amount of work, genius, and controversy into two short decades, producing masterworks in every literary genre. This selection includes almost all of his short stories, including ‘The Canterville Ghost,’ ‘The Fisherman and his Soul,’ and ‘The Remarkable Rocket.’ Alongside The Model Millionaire, Harper Perennial will publish the short fiction of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Herman Melville, Willa Cather, Leo Tolstoy, and Stephen Crane to be packaged in a beautifully designed, boldly colorful boxset in the aim to attract contemporary fans of short fiction to these revered masters of the form. Also, in each of these selections will appear a story from one of the new collections being published in the ‘Summer of the Short Story.’ A story from Simon Van Booy’s forthcoming collection, LOVE BEGINS IN WINTER, will be printed at the back of this volume.

The Happy Prince

‘Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘will you not stay with me one night longer?’ ‘It is winter,’ answered the swallow, ‘and the chill snow will soon be here. In Egypt the sun is warm’ From his high vantage point, the glittering statue of The Happy Prince is the pride of city officials. But the Prince’s sapphire eyes are filled with tears because of the suffering he sees below. Stuck fast on his pedestal, there is nothing the gem encrusted statue can do to help relieve the poor, until a little swallow stops to rest at his feet. The Prince persuades the bird to be his messenger, and to pluck out and carry one precious jewel after another to those in need. In order to survive the winter, the swallow must fly to a warmer place, but his love for the now shabby Prince compels him to stay despite the consequences. Time after time, the brave little bird does all that is asked, until both he and The Happy Prince have nothing left to give. Oscar Wilde s classic fairy tale of compassion and selflessness is given new life by Robin Muller s exquisite illustrations in this special edition.

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

Purchase one of 1st World Library’s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library Literary Society is a non profit educational organization. Visit us online at www. 1stWorldLibrary. ORG It was Lady Windermere’s last reception before Easter, and Bentinck House was even more crowded than usual. Six Cabinet Ministers had come on from the Speaker’s Levee in their stars and ribands, all the pretty women wore their smartest dresses, and at the end of the picture gallery stood the Princess Sophia of Carlsruhe, a heavy Tartar looking lady, with tiny black eyes and wonderful emeralds, talking bad French at the top of her voice, and laughing immoderately at everything that was said to her. It was certainly a wonderful medley of people. Gorgeous peeresses chatted affably to violent Radicals, popular preachers brushed coat tails with eminent sceptics, a perfect bevy of bishops kept following a stout prima donna from room to room, on the staircase stood several Royal Academicians, disguised as artists, and it was said that at one time the supper room was absolutely crammed with geniuses. In fact, it was one of Lady Windermere’s best nights, and the Princess stayed till nearly half past eleven.

A House of Pomegranates

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of whimisical short stories by Oscar Wilde. This collections includes the following tales: The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and his Soul, and The Star child. Readers of all ages will be delighted by these fanciful tales.

Intentions

Lord Alfred Douglas, or ‘Bosie’ as he was known , is destined to be remembered as the lover of Oscar Wilde. Dissolute, well born and beautiful as a young man, his role in the events that led to Oscar Wilde’s trial and imprisonment determined the strange celebrity which haunted him until his death. Biographies of Wilde generally give only a cursory account of what happened to Douglas after Wilde’s death, but Bosie recounts the full and absorbing story of his complex life. A successful though now obscure poet, he renounced homosexuality after converting to Roman Catholicism and embarked on an ill fated marriage to Olive Custance. Lord Alfred’s time was largely consumed by his growing interest in religion and costly feuds he was imprisoned for libeling Winston Churchill and he died a neglected and lonely figure in 1945. Douglas Murray has had unprecedented access to many letters and key literary manuscripts, and presents evidence which casts a new light on the relationship between Wilde and Bosie. Indeed, Murray has succeeded where Bosie himself failed in securing the release of a British government file which was to be sealed until 2043. The result is a genuinely groundbreaking biography, and the definitive account of a fascinating life.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems

This poem originally published anonymously, written after Wilde’s two year’s hard labor in Reading prison is the tale of a man who has been sentenced to hang for the murder of the woman he loved. ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’ follows the inmate through his final three weeks, as he stares at the sky and silently drinks his beer ration. Heart wrenching and eye opening, the ballad also expresses perfectly Wilde’s belief that humanity is made up only of offenders, each of us deserving a greater charity for the severity of our crimes.

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today’s top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader’s viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences biographical, historical, and literary to enrich each reader’s understanding of these enduring works. Oscar Wilde brings his enormous gifts for astute social observation and sparkling prose to The Picture of Dorian Gray, his dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. This dandy, who remains forever unchanged petulant, hedonistic, vain, and amoral while a painting of him ages and grows increasingly hideous with the years, has been horrifying, enchanting, obsessing, even corrupting readers for more than a hundred years.

Taking the reader in and out of London drawing rooms, to the heights of aestheticism, and to the depths of decadence, The Picture of Dorian Gray is not only a melodrama about moral corruption. Laced with bon mots and vivid depictions of upper class refinement, it is also a fascinating look at the milieu of Wilde’s fin de si cle world and a manifesto of the creed Art for Art s Sake.

The ever quotable Wilde, who once delighted London with his scintillating plays, scandalized readers with this, his only novel. Upon publication, Dorian was condemned as dangerous, poisonous, stupid, vulgar, and immoral, and Wilde as a driveling pedant. The novel, in fact, was used against Wilde at his much publicized trials for gross indecency, which led to his imprisonment and exile on the European continent. Even so, The Picture of Dorian Gray firmly established Wilde as one of the great voices of the Aesthetic movement, and endures as a classic that is as timeless as its hero.

Camille Cauti, Ph.D., is an editor and literary critic who lives in New York City. She is a specialist in the Catholic conversion trend among members of the avant garde in London in the 1890s.

Complete Works of Oscar Wilde

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million books. com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL. Every evening the young Fisherman went out upon the sea, and threw his nets into the water. When the wind blew from the land he caught nothing, or but little at best, for it was a bitter and black winged wind, and rough waves Toss up to meet it. But when the wind blew to the shore, the fish came in from the deep, and swam into the meshes of his nets, and he took them to the market place and sold them. Every evening he went out upon the sea, and one evening the net was so heavy that hardly could he draw it into the boat. And he laughed, and said to himself, ‘Surely I have caught all the fish that swim, or snared some dull monster that will be a marvel to men, or some thing of horror that the great Queen will desire,’ and putting forth all his strength, he tugged at the coarse ropes till, like lines of blue enamel round a vase of bronze, the long veins rose up on his arms. He tugged at the thin ropes, and nearer and nearer came the circle of flat corks, and the net rose at last to the top of the water. But no fish at all was in it, nor any monster or thing of horror, but only a little Mermaid lying fast asleep. Her hair was as a wet fleece of gold, and each separate hair as a thread of fine gold in a cup of glass. Her body was as white ivory, and her tail was of silver and pearl. Silver and pearl was her tail, and the green weeds of the sea coiled round it; and like sea shells were her ears, and her lips were like sea coral. The cold waves dashed over her cold breasts, and the salt glistened upon her eyelids. So beautiful was she that when the young Fisherman saw her he was filled with wonder, and he put out his hand and drew the net close to him, and leaning over the side he clasped her in his arms. And when he touched her, she gave a c…

The Prose of Oscar Wilde

This collection brings together some of this much loved writer’s prose work. In it, Oscar Wilde touches on a wide range of topics as only he can. He discusses the decay of lying, the critic as artist, and the truth of masks. He provides criticism of productions of works of Shakespeare and other theatrical concerns, such as stage scenery, stage morals, and ‘plays that are meant to be read, not to be acted.’ He also devotes his attention to women’s issues, such as novels and stories written by women and women’s achievements. Taken together, readers will discover the incisive wit and unique observations for which Wilde was renowned. OSCAR WILDE 1854 1900 was a celebrated Irish born playwright, short story writer, poet, and personality in Victorian London. He is best known for his involvement in the aesthetic movement and his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as his many plays, such as Lady Windermere’s Fan, The Importance of Being Ernest, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and Salom . During his imprisonment for gross indecency, he wrote De Profundis, and later, The Ballad of Reading Gao.

The Complete Illustrated Stories, Plays and Poems of Oscar Wilde

He was brilliant, flamboyant, and unconventional, one of the great figures of his or any other age. Although Oscar Wilde’s reputation now rests primarily on his sparkling, sophisticated plays with their razor sharp wit, his body of work goes far beyond even those. Here, in one volume, is the sum of his artistic genius: all his stories, plays, fairy tales, and poems, complete with period illustrations. To find evidence of Wilde’s theatrical savvy, one need look no further than The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, both of which satirize and humorously highlight the hypocrisy of Victorian life. The Picture of Dorian Gray captures a profound knowledge of the depths to which the human soul can plunge, and in the years since it was written, its final moments have lost none of their power. In his fairy stories, including The Happy Prince and Other Tales, written for his own children, Wilde reveals heights of tenderness and beauty. There are classics like the Canterville Ghost and more more than 850 pages worth! 864 pages 50 in color, 5 3/4 x 8 1/4.

Oscar Wilde’s Stories for All Ages

Selected and presented by one of Wilde’s biggest fans, the book includes a foreword from Stephen Fry, as well as introductions to the stories themselves, explaining why they mean so much to him and why they should mean a lot to you too. llustrated by Nicole Stewart, stunning artwork accompanies each story to give shape to the reader’s imagination. Whether you know it or not, the stories in this book are familiar. Like old friends whose charm and warmth never fade, Oscar Wilde’s short stories have enchanted generations of readers, and this beautiful book makes them accessible to an entirely new readership. Selected and presented by one of Wilde’s biggest fans, the book includes a foreword from Stephen Fry, who will also supply short introductions to the stories themselves, explaining why they mean so much to him and why they should mean a lot to you too. Meet the selfish giant, whose garden was cloaked in perpetual winter until he allowed the children to enter and play, the happy prince whose statue stood overlooking his city, who gave the rubies and sapphires embedded in his eyes and clothing to feed the poor, and the tiny swallow who helped him. And let’s not forget the remarkable rocket who was so convinced that he would be the brightest, most remarkable rocket of all, yet who ended up in a ditch. There’s also the Canterville ghost, so inept at being scary that every attempt to spook his American visitors results in failure. Stephen Fry has always been passionate about Oscar Wilde’s writing but he has a particular fondness for his short stories. In this beautifully illustrated book he shares with us what each story means to him and what he feels the reader can take away with them, whether they’re five or fifty years old. As well as a general introduction, Stephen offers introductions to the stories themselves, taking the reader through his selection. Illustrated by Nicole Stewart, stunning artwork accompanies each story to give shape to the reader’s imagination. Whether you are buying this for yourself, for your wife, your son or daughter, for your nephew, your niece, your mother, your brother or your sister, the book will be a gift that you or they will cherish forever and return to time and time again. These are stories for adults and children of all ages, for all time.

The Decay of Lying

In the library of a country house, Vivian writes an article about the importance of lying until he is interrupted by Cyril, who tries to tempt him away. Instead the two men are plunged into a discussion about art, nature, literature, and imagination. Set in the form of a witty dialogue between two speakers, this is an in depth exploration of the relationship between life and art, as well as an examination of the work of such writers as Shakespeare and Balzac.

The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde

This edition marks the centenary of Oscar Wilde’s death, and is the most complete ever to appear. It contains over 1500 of his letters, and anyone unfamiliar with Wilde as a correspondent will find it packed with unexpected delights. This magnificent collection is a major publishing event. Of all nineteenth century letter writers Oscar Wilde is, predictably, one of the most sparkling. Wonderfully fluent in style, the letters bear that most familiar of Wildean hallmarks the lightest of touches for the most serious of subjects. He knew and corresponded with many leading political, literary and artistic figures of the time including William Gladstone, George Curzon, W. B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris, Aubrey Beardsley and Max Beerbohm. Wilde’s letters show him at his informal best. They comment openly on his life and his work from the early years of undergraduate friendship, through his year long lecture tour in America as a striving and ambitious young ‘Professor of Aesthetics’, to the short period of fame and success in the early 1890s followed by his disgrace and imprisonment. The last and most poignant section covers the five long years between his downfall and his early death in exile at forty six. Even in adversity his humour does not desert him and he is able to share with his readers that greatest of gifts the ability to smile at one’s own misfortune.

Nothing… Except My Genius

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Except My Genius? is a collection of quotes from Wilde’s stories, plays, lectures, reviews and letters. Also included are a priceless foreword and reference to Wilde, the artist and the man. Exploring the full extent of his humour together with the deep and profound aspects of his personality, the work is a manifestation of his genius. It clearly indicates the wit, wisdom and the impudence of his style and most of all, the vividness of his vision that makes it an inspiring read. To find more titles in your format, Search in Books using EasyRead and the size of the font that makes reading easier and more enjoyable for you.

Poems

Wilde the writer is known to us from his plays and prose fiction, yet it was in his conversation that his genius reached its summit. His talk is lost, his autobiography was never written, but his letters reveal him at his spontaneous, sparkling best. Of all 19th century letter writers Oscar Wilde is, predictably, one of the most brilliant. Fluent in style, these letters bear that most familiar of Wildean hallmarks the lightest of touches for the most serious of subjects. He comments openly on his life and his work, from the early years of undergraduate friendship, through his year long lecture tour in America as a striving young ‘Professor of Aesthetics’, to the short period of fame and success in the early 1890s, when he corresponded with many leading political, literary and artistic figures of the time. Disgrace and imprisonment followed, but even in adversity his humour does not desert him. In this volume Merlin Holland has brought together his most revealing letters with a helpful commentary and some previously unpublished photographs. Together they form the closest thing we have to Wilde’s own memoir.

Ballad of Reading Gaol

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Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture

Zipes brings together the best literary fairy tales ever written, giving readers a sense of the history of the genre and its evolution. Includes more than 60 tales by writers such as Hans Christian Andersen, Wilhelm Grimm, Voltaire, Goethe, Hawthorne, Yeats, Hesse, Thurber, Jane Yolen, Angela Carter, and more. Illustrated.

The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction

This unique anthology illustrates the full range of Irish fiction from Gulliver’s Travels to young contemporary writers like Roddy Doyle and Emma Donoghue. Including self contained sections from novels as well as short stories, all the most important writers are represented, from Swift and Sterne through Joyce, Beckett and Wilde to modern masters like Banville and William Trevor. Colm Toibin’s long introduction describes the contexts and particular strengths of Irish fiction.

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