Poésie et fantastique se mêlent dans cette histoire d'hébergement par une famille londonienne d'un fantôme appelé sir Simon de Canterville. Mais les rôles sont inversés et ce sont les enfants de cette respectable famille qui sèment la terreur et tentent de faire fuir le fantôme.

Le Fantôme de Canterville et autres nouvelles

When an American family purchase a haunted manor called Canterville Chase, the young daughter takes pity on the erstwhile ghost and endeavours to release him from his haunting. Victorian author Oscar Wilde is known both as a playwright and prose author. Among his most famous works are The Picture of Dorian Gray, his only novel, the plays An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, and the short story collections Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories and The Happy Prince and Other Stories. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Canterville Ghost - Short Story

The ideals and opinions of Lord Henry Wotton, who believes that the only purpose of life is the pursuit of beauty, greatly affect the young, handsome Dorian Gray. Lamenting that one day his own good looks will diminish, Dorian offers to sell his soul if a beautiful painting of ages instead of his physical self. As Dorian pursues a hedonistic and reckless lifestyle, he soon realizes that his offer has been accepted, and with every sin he commits, the painting becomes more and more hideous. The Picture of Dorian Gray was British author Oscar Wilde's only novel. It was originally rejected by publishers for its scandalous content, and has been censored many times over the life of its publication. Since the twentieth century, The Picture of Dorian Gray has been praised as a masterpiece, and has been adapted for film and television numerous times. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Mrs. Allonby. What a comfort it is to have got rid of the men for a little!

Lady Stutfield. Yes; men persecute us dreadfully, don't they?

Mrs. Allonby. Persecute us? I wish they did.

Lady Hunstanton. My dear!

Mrs. Allonby. The annoying thing is that the wretches can be perfectly happy without us. That is why I think it is every woman's duty never to leave them alone for a single moment, except during this short breathing space after dinner; without which I believe we poor women would be absolutely worn to shadows.

[Enter Servants with coffee.]

Lady Hunstanton. Worn to shadows, dear?

Mrs. Allonby. Yes, Lady Hunstanton. It is such a strain keeping men up to the mark. They are always trying to escape from us.

Lady Stutfield. It seems to me that it is we who are always trying to escape from them. Men are so very, very heartless. They know their power and use it.

Lady Caroline. [Takes coffee from Servant.] What stuff and nonsense all this about men is! The thing to do is to keep men in their proper place.

Mrs. Allonby. But what is their proper place, Lady Caroline?

Lady Caroline. Looking after their wives, Mrs. Allonby.

A Woman of No Importance

Dorian Gray ist jung und begehrt. Er genießt das Leben in vollen Zügen. Inbrünstig wünscht er sich, er möge sein jugendliches Aussehen für immer behalten. Statt seiner solle lediglich sein Bildnis auf einem Gemälde die Spuren des Alterns zeigen. Nachdem sich Dorian Gray wegen einer Nichtigkeit von seiner Verlobten getrennt hat, begeht sie Selbstmord. Danach bemerkt Dorian Gray an dem Porträtgemälde einige kleinere Veränderungen. An der Mundpartie ist ein harter Zug sichtbar geworden. Sein Wunsch ist offenbar in Erfüllung gegangen. Die Spuren seines Handelns zeigen sich nicht mehr im eigenen Gesicht, sondern nur noch im Bildnis. Gray versteckt es sicherheitshalber im Dachzimmer seines Hauses. 

Dorian Gray agiert immer selbstbezogener und rücksichtsloser. Vielen Menschen, denen er begegnet, wird er zum Verhängnis. Auf seinem Gesicht ist davon nichts zu erkennen. Doch das Bildnis wird immer hässlicher. Gray überlegt, wie er den gefährlichen Beweis seiner tatsächlichen Persönlichkeit loswerden kann. 

Oscar Wilde thematisiert in »Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray« von 1890 die Vorrangstellung des Charakters gegenüber dem Äußeren. Der Bestseller wurde oft verfilmt, vertont und auf Bühnen dargestellt.

Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray - Roman

Le Prince Heureux/ Le Geant Egoiste

Le Déclin du mensonge

L'Anniversaire de l'infante suivi de "L'Enfant de l'étoile"

The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, were all written at the height of the controversial Irish author's powers in his last, doomed decade, the 1890s. They remain among the most-loved, and most-quoted, of all drama in the English language. Along with Salome, his darkly decadent dramatization of the Bible story, these immortal plays continue to pack theatres, and have been adapted for every kind of media. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays echoes the book form in which Wilde originally insisted his plays were published, and includes illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley and an afterword by Ned Halley. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

Le Fantôme de Canterville et autres nouvelles

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