Classicly Collection of Books

An Ideal Husband

Oscar Wilde

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in Lon..

De Profundis

Oscar Wilde

De Profundis is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to "Bosie". In its first half Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which eventu..

Essays and Lectures

Oscar Wilde

Essays and Lectures is a collection of essays and lectures by Oscar Wilde. 'Essays and Lectures' contains "The Rise of Historical Criticism", "The English Renaissance of Art", "House Decoration", "Art..

Lady Windermere's Fan

Oscar Wilde

Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London. The story concerns Lady Winder..

Salome

Oscar Wilde

Salome is a tragedy by Oscar Wilde. The original 1891 version of the play was in French. Three years later an English translation was published...

Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Collection of 16 poems incuding Ave Imperatrix, Ave Maria Gratia Plena, and Roses And Rue...

A Woman of No Importance

Oscar Wilde

A Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirizes English upper-clas..

Ballad of Reading Gaol

Oscar Wilde

The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand, after his release from Reading Gaol on 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convi..