Classicly Collection of Books

Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

It is thought that a selection from Oscar Wilde's early verses maybe of interest to a large public at present familiar only with the always popular BALLAD OF READING GAOL, also included in this volume..

The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Oscar Wilde

The Soul of Man under Socialism is an 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde in which he expounds a libertarian socialist worldview and a critique of charity. The writing of "The Soul of Man" followed Wilde's conv..

Notes on My Books

Joseph Conrad

Notes on My Books is a collection of articles written by Joseph Conrad on guiding the readers to understand his books and writings...

Poem of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.&nbs..

Shorter Prose Pieces

Oscar Wilde

It is only in the best Greek gems, on the silver coins of Syracuse, or among the marble figures of the Parthenon frieze, that one can find the ideal representation of the marvellous beauty of that fac..

Chance

Joseph Conrad

Chance is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1913 following serial publication the previous year. Although the novel was not one upon which Conrad's later critical reputation was to depend, it was..

Nostromo

Joseph Conrad

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard is a 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad, set in the fictitious South American republic of "Costaguana". It was originally published serially in two volumes of T.P.'s Weekly...

The Shadow Line

Joseph Conrad

The Shadow-Line is a short novel based at sea by Joseph Conrad; it is one of his later works, being written from February to December 1915. It was first published in 1916 as a serial in New York's Met..