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「Five Stories From Oscar Wilde」
Oscar Wilds genius took the form of plays, tragedies, comedies, stories and short stories. Here is a sample of his work in each of these genres, from The Canterville Ghost to the moral tale of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
The story of the beautiful young man gradually corrupted and keeping his innocent looks while his portrait grows daily more hideous, has a compelling psychological interest as we trace the inevitability of his decline and his violent ending.
In contrast to this tale are the fairy stories The Young King and The Birthday of the Infanta, the first telling of a saintly transformation ? the learning of goodness; the second of a heartless princess whose pride has dire consequences - though not for herself.
The social comedy of The Importance of Being Earnest completes the book, with its illustration of Wilde’s sys for manners and all the vagaries of human nature.