Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Collins Classics)
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Collins Classics) book cover

Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Collins Classics)

Hardcover – August 4, 2003

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Price
$92.36
Format
Hardcover
Pages
1216
Publisher
Collins
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0007144358
Dimensions
5.75 x 2.25 x 8.5 inches
Weight
2.75 pounds

Description

Review “ Collins is perhaps the single best edition of Wilde’s complete works.” -- Library Journal About the Author Merlin Holland is Oscar Wilde’s only grandson. He is a journalist and the author of ‘The Wilde Album’ and ‘Irish Peacock and Scarlet’ both also published by Fourth Estate.

Features & Highlights

  • The Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde is the only truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Oscar Wilde’s works, and is available in both paperback and this hardback edition.
  • Continuously in print since 1948, the Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde has long been recognised as the most comprehensive and authoritative single-volume collection of Wilde’s texts available, containing his only novel, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters, all in their most authoritative texts.
  • Illustrated with many fascinating photographs, the book includes introductions to each section by Merlin Holland (Oscar’s grandson), Owen Dudley Edwards, Declan Kiberd and Terence Brown.
  • Also included is a comprehensive bibliography of works by and about Oscar Wilde, and a chronological table of his life and work.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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If you love Wilde, you MUST own this book!

Though the print is small for those of us over 40, it's worth it - if not, it would weigh about 10 pounds! As it is, it's a tome, but worth reading, and re-reading time and again. It has everything - everything! - that you'll ever hear mentioned - his stories, his novels, his essay's.

It would make a great gift for a young writer, as well.
5 people found this helpful
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Genius, Genius, Genius

Oscar Wilde is a genius. His social satire is as crisp and hilarious as it was when it first appeared. He is one of the very first literary loves of my life. (I was reading his stuff before I even understood many of the references, while still loving his sharp language and witty repartee!) This is an excellent collection of his works - really well-done and well-edited. I highly recommend him.
4 people found this helpful
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Good deal.

This was a good deal. Oscar Wilde's writings have inspired many people to create their own great works. That's what it is all about.
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The Best Ever!

If I am in a bad mood, Oscar Wilde will pull me out. I have missed subway stops and stayed up too late, rereading his wonderful works. Be they hysterically funny, gut-wrenchingly sad, or simply depressing, the writing is so brilliant, I am always drawn to a higher plane. This new edition is lovely.

Christina Britton Conroy, author of ONE MAN'S MUSIC
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great

great
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Library copy

This had library stamps all over it and the library card holder. I did not expect that.
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A spirit for the ages.

Oh, Oscar Wilde, thank you, thank you, thank you. And thanks to Collins Classics for still making this volume available. To know that we can have all of Wilde’s works in one volume is truly a gift. His wit, realism, and critique of humanity is as refreshing and relevant as ever.
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You'll Go Wilde For This

All of Oscar in one place! at over 1000 pages really worthwhile. Good for a long summer read at the beach or on those winter nights before bed. Expand thy mind.
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OSCAR!

It's Oscar Wilde...gotta love it
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A very wilde read!

The book is well constructed and accepts usage without losing pages. The text is well printed and very readable. The subject material is very satisfying and reinforced a link with one of my grand-daughters.

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