Browse by category
Best Plays (The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, Salome) by Oscar Wilde
15.00 NZD
Category: Collectors Library
Between 1891 and 1895 Oscar Wilde produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s, and retain their power today. The social comedies, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband offer a moving as well as witty dissection of societ ...Show more
Lies (Vintage Minis) by Oscar Wilde
10.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Vintage Minis Ser.
From disguises and impostors to locked doors and deadly secrets, Wilde was obsessed with lying as an art form rich with delights- and dangers.Selected from Wilde's essays, plays and prose including The Picture of Dorian Gray.VINTAGE MINIS- GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.A series of short books by ...Show more
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime : Little Black Classic by Oscar Wilde
3.00 NZD
Category: Popular Penguins | Series: Little Black Classics
'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...'. Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high society. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Littl ...Show more
Mini Kit: Quotable Oscar Wilde: A Collection of Wit and Wisdom by Oscar Wilde
10.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Series: RUNNING PRESS MINIATURES
"I must die as I lived, beyond my means." Arguably the most quoted man in history, and certainly in his day, this enormous miniature collection is filled with Oscar Wildes' most notorious and witty sayings. Organized into five neat sections useful for any situation, this book is perfect for either enjoy ...Show more
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast by Oscar Wilde
3.00 NZD
Category: Popular Penguins | Series: Little Black Classics 119
"Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius. "
Oscar Wilde: Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde
28.00 NZD
Category: Classics
A beautifully illustrated collection of Oscar Wilde's favourite children's tales known and loved throughout the world. It includes: The Happy Prince The Selfish Giant The Nightingale and the Rose This gorgeous production brings Wilde's magical stories to a whole new generation.
Oscar Wilde's Stories for All Ages by Oscar Wilde
37.00 NZD
Category: General fiction
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 sto ...Show more
Selfish Giant (HB) by Oscar Wilde
37.00 NZD
Category: Children
The children always played in the Giant's garden, but when he returned after years away, he said, 'What are you doing here?' and the children fled. 'My own garden is my own garden,' said the Giant; 'anyone can understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.' Oscar Wilde's classic tale ...Show more
Shorter Fiction by Oscar Wilde
15.00 NZD
Category: Collectors Library | Series: Collector's Library
Including a biography of the author and a further reading list, each volume in this "Collector's Library Series" has a commissioned afterword.
The Decay of Lying (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Oscar Wilde
14.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life' The two works brought together here, 'The Decay of Lying' and 'The Critic as Artist', are Oscar Wilde's wittiest and most profound writings on aesthetics, in which he proposes that criticism is the highest form of creation and that lying, the telling o ...Show more