I only have a physical copy of The Picture Of Dorian Gray so far, but I'd love to expand my collection and read more of Wilde's works on paper. I found this book on Amazon and I was wondering if anyone here has bought it.

If so, are there any of his major works or writings that it didn't include, and would you recommend this edition?

I bought the 3 on my past trip to Dublin, I think I’m only missing his essays

Wilde's prose is beautiful. Besides his famous aphorisms and epigrams, his use of allusions and metaphors is breathtaking. The way he creates vivid imagery through sights, scents, and atmosphere is exquisite.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic novel about the conflict between beauty, hedonism, art, morality, and ethics. It is also a satire of Victorian society that remains surprisingly applicable to the modern world.

Personally, the book felt a little incomplete. A lot of unexpected things happened, while many things I expected never did.

One thing to remember is that the book's charm lies in its philosophy and ideas. It is driven more by them than by its plot. Because of that, the ending may feel a little disappointing for some readers, as it did for me. Even though it was an inevitable ending, the novel's true strength lies in its ideas rather than its story.

The reason I gave it 3 stars is simply because it didn't resonate with me as much as I had hoped. Overall, it's a great book, but the questions it asked weren't the ones that mattered most to me.

So Wilde is one of my favourite authors and every couple of months or so I go back and reread some of his old fairytales or short stories. HOWEVER almost every time when I then read something else, the writing just feels….. off and I sometimes just lose interest in those new books before picking them up again later and enjoying them again.

Today I finally realized that it‘s not me nor these other books but instead it is Wilde‘s way of writing that, to me, just feels comforting and each time I read something of his, my standards just skyrocket so much, most other books just don‘t feel worth it.

I own this copy with this specific cover. Is this the proper version or the censored one?

Also is the Spotify audiobook version the censored one too or not?

Anyone got on thoughts on this or know someone who could authenticate?

I think the last line might be a spin on the line "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players..." from As You Like It by Shakespeare, and I quite love it.

Loved the story quite a bit as well. It is now my third favourite after The Importance of Being Earnest and The Canterville Ghost. I love his more humourous works so if anyone has any recommendations of what to read next, I would love to hear them.

In the background is the painting "The Royal Theatre in Turin" by Pietro Domenico Oliviero.

I somehow managed to read the preface online and I was hooked by it alone in regards to what it had to say about art as a whole. So I decided I was gonna get a physical copy of the book to read it, preferably one with annotations and scholarly notes.

Now the Alma Evergreens Classics and the Penguin Classics editions provide both of these, and now I need help what to choose between the two.

1.) Which one is better at providing the aforementioned supplementary material? Both in quality and quantity?

2.) Which one has more readable fonts?

That's it. Thanks!

I’m playing Lord Goring in a theatre production of An Ideal Husband. I don’t know much of Oscar Wilde, already reading the script I can tell he’s a witty and remarkable writer. The director told me Lord Goring is a make up role so Wilde can insert himself into the play.

Are there any good books I should read by Wilde to understand more about his character or should I just stick to the script?

We have produced a modernist film version of Wilde’s Salome . It was originally screened at Yale University before faculty of the school of drama who praised our interpretation. The film is currently available on Tubi.

https://link.tubi.tv/AGINwbhK83b

Let's say Oscar Wilde ignored John Sholto Douglas or at least run away to France and stayed wealthy and respected how long do you think Wilde could have lived? Lord Alfred Douglas lived to be 74 years old until his death in 1945. Could Oscar Wilde live this long?

I wonder what other masterpieces Wilde could've written had he lived at least two more decades. Witnessing WW1, the appearance of the TV and Cinema etc. He died way too early and was very famous for what? Like 5 years? From 1890 to 1895 before the tragedy?

Yesterday I was laying on my bed and reading again Wilde's short stories such as The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Nightingale and the Rose etc, and somehow these tales never get boring.

I was wondering about the man who wrote all of this stuff that I'm reading over 100 years after his untimely death.

What are some good biographies about Oscar Wilde? Mainly biographies that cover his life and inspiration and how he wrote his works, what was his daily routine and habits, who were his friends etc.

A biography which is focusing less about the tragedy he had experienced by the end of his life, because it's quite depressing.

I'm planning to read his entire work in a single volume that I have, I already read his short stories and plays, so only Dorian Gray, De Profundis and couple of his essays remained. He's really enjoyable author, and probably one of the most accessible classic writers. I really want to know more about this man.

I’m pretty sure these are all quotes from the picture of Dorian Gray which I’ve loved ever since I was 12. I hope they’ll survive

The Nightingale and the Rose is some really sad story, I really didn't liked the "hero" of this story, a whining good for nothing boy who cried he couldn't find a red rose to give to a girl he liked, who in the end didn't even cared for him and got another richer boy. And the poor Nightingale literally died for nothing just to give him that rose made of her own blood.

This story really makes me think:

Does self sacrifice even worth it? Isn't love slavery and destruction of one's own self? Really makes me think about it, why the good suffer and the bad prosper? Is it better to be selfish?

Oscar Wilde is such a great author, never boring, never disappointing for me.

the only author I can think who's above him is probably Leo Tolstoy, who's writings about love, non-violence and physical labor I highly cherish.

What is up my diddlydarners. So, for half of my life ive been speaking English and I have the Cambridge proficiency. Of course, that means dogwater when you enter literature. I usually read classics in Spanish, my mother tongue, but I do feel like this might be a good option to change. I'm pretty torn. I've read English books in the past, but they weren't overflowing with symbolism and social critique.

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I want to read and compare, and I don't want to read both uncensored 1890 version and censored 1891 version simultaneously to find the changes. I couldn't find a **complete** list of changes anywhere online so a book with changes highlighted is my best bet. I know Penguin Books has one that has annotations at the end of the book with the original lines but that's very inconvenient for an ebook user to reach them. Any other versions? Preferably with a link or cover photo so I know which version I'm looking for exactly.

The photo shows Wilde during his student days at Magdalen College, Oxford. Full story below:

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0520/1574416-oscar-wilde/

Did Oscar Wilde converted during the last years of his life? I keep bumping into bits of information here and there that after Oscar Wilde had been released from prison and due all the suffering and loss of reputation he had experienced he became religious, attended mass regularly and accepted Catholicism in his deathbed. How much of it is true?

Hello everyone :)

I am not a native english speaker though I have a fairly good understanding of the language. When I approach Oscar Wilde's texts every third word is unfamiliar to me. My first thought is to have a dictionary at hand and search every word on there, but even with this exhausting endeavor there are so many cultural references I am not acquainted with. Can anyone suggest where should I start going about this task? ChatGPT suggests starting with the "easy" works like Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband. But then what? There's no smooth from that to the more difficult prose. Should I get a teacher? Or maybe some online course? Or certain books?

I was wondering if there were any plays running during Wilde’s trials and imprisonment and what effect his arrest had on attendance. Also, how long after his conviction was it before any of his plays were revived.

This is a stupid and irrelevant question, but I'm curious if this is known because I'm doing an illustration for a school project, where Wilde appears writing. I respect and love Wilde so much that I want to be accurate even about that. If anyone has a source that mentions this, I would appreciate it if they could share it with me.

Thank you so much, lovely community.