Classicly Collection of Books

The Canterville Ghost

Oscar Wilde

The Canterville Ghost is a novella by Oscar Wilde. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March 1887...

For Love of the King

Oscar Wilde

The very interesting and richly coloured masque or pantomimic play which is here printed in book form for the first time, was invented sometime in 1894 or possibly a little earlier...

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

Oscar Wilde

The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The ..

Vera

Oscar Wilde

Vera; or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the life of Vera Zasulich. It was Wilde's first play, and the first to be performed..

A Florentine Tragedy

Oscar Wilde

A Florentine Tragedy is a fragment of a never-completed play by Oscar Wilde. The subject concerns Simone, a wealthy 16th-century Florentine merchant who finds his wife Bianca in the arms of a local pr..

Intentions

Oscar Wilde

Intentions  is a collection of essays; The Decay of Lying: an observation; Pen, Pencil and Poison: a study in green; The Critic as Artist (Some remarks upon the importance of doing nothing; Some ..

The Duchess of Padua

Oscar Wilde

The Duchess of Padua is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a five-act melodramatic tragedy set in Padua and written in blank verse. It was written for the actress Mary Anderson in early 1883 while in Paris...

Charmides and Other Poems

Oscar Wilde

Wilde’s Poems, a selection of which is given in this volume, were first published in volume form in 1881, and were reprinted four times before the end of 1882.  A new Edition with additional poem..