Le fantôme de Canterville

When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase, every one told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted. Indeed, Lord Canterville himself, who was a man of the most punctilious honour, had felt it his duty to mention the fact to Mr. Otis when they came to discuss terms.

"We have not cared to live in the place ourselves, " said Lord Canterville, "since my grandaunt, the Dowager Duchess of Bolton, was frightened into a fit, from which she never really recovered, by two skeleton hands being placed on her shoulders as she was dressing for dinner, and I feel bound to tell you, Mr. Otis, that the ghost has been seen by several living members of my family, as well as by the rector of the parish, the Rev. Augustus Dampier, who is a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. After the unfortunate accident to the Duchess, none of our younger servants would stay with us, and Lady Canterville often got very little sleep at night, in consequence of the mysterious noises that came from the corridor and the library."

The Canterville Ghost

The richness of Oscar Wilde's way with words and ideas is given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891. From the comic tales of The Canterville Ghost and Lord Arthur Savile's Crime to the marvelous fairy stories and fantasies of The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince and The Star Child, we are treated to the extravagance and dexterity of Wilde's exceptional wit, in stories that will appeal to both adults and children. Beautifully illustrated by Charles Robinson and Walter Crane, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The Happy Prince & Other Stories also features an afterword by author David Stuart Davies. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

The Happy Prince & Other Stories

Hughie Erskine, jeune dandy aussi charmant que désargenté, souhaite ardemment épouser la belle Laura – projet entravé par son absence de revenus et d’avenir. Un matin, il se rend à l’atelier de son ami peintre Trevor, où il rencontre un mendiant loqueteux posant pour un portrait. Ému par l’évidente détresse du vieillard, il lui donne toutes les pièces qu’il a sur lui, sans imaginer qu’il bouleverse par ce geste le cours de son destin… Cinq histoires burlesques et mélancoliques pour découvrir l’étendue des talents de conteur d'Oscar Wilde.

Le millionnaire modèle

Dernière pièce d'Oscar Wilde, L'Importance d'être constant brille des feux d'un langage habité par la grâce : s'y manifestent la puissance et la modernité de la réflexion de l'auteur sur la fiction, mais aussi son inventivité subversive et satirique, son esprit généreux et étincelant d'élégance et de drôlerie.

L'Importance d'être constant

Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde’s story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the author’s most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray’s moral disintegration caused a scandal when it ﬁrst appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novel’s corrupting inﬂuence, he responded that there is, in fact, “a terrible moral in Dorian Gray.” Just a few years later, the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde’s homosexual liaisons, which resulted in his imprisonment. Of Dorian Gray’s relationship to autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, “Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be—in other ages, perhaps.

le portrait de dorian gray

Extrait : "Quand on n'a pas de fortune, il ne sert à rien d'être un charmant garçon. Le roman est un privilège des riches et non une profession pour ceux qui n'ont pas d'emploi. Il vaut mieux avoir un revenu fixe que d'être un charmeur."
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Le Modèle millionnaire

Nouvelle édition SEMI POCHE Oscar Wilde, l'un des maîtres incontestés du trait cinglant, de la formule assassine et de la maxime meurtrière, aristocrate de l'esprit, dandy provocateur, frappait là où il le fallait, sur la " bonne " société, son hypocrisie et ses masques. Maniant le paradoxe en virtuose, il a passé sa vie à lutter de façon toujours subtile et brillante contre les idées reçues, les convenances ridicules et la bêtise universelle.
 
 
 
Recommander aux pauvres d'être économes est à la fois grotesque et insultant. Cela revient à conseiller à un homme qui meurt de faim de manger moins.
 
 
 L'opinion publique est celle de ceux qui n'ont pas d'idées.
 
 
 Il n'y a qu'une chose au monde pire que de faire parler de soi, c'est de ne pas faire parler de soi.
 
 
 Les siècles passent et la société demeure. Les  Pensées de cet homme de lettres captivant sont restées plus actuelles que jamais. Il savait comme personne toucher l'être humain dans l'immuabilité même de ses failles et ses réponses en miroir sont à la hauteur de l'intemporel. Un véritable feu d'artifice spirituel.

Pensées, maximes et anecdotes

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.

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