Wilde, Oscar

a Satire written in 1895 that attacks the shallowness of British sciety, and its focus on good breeding and proper formalities. This edition includes an introduction by Lester Cramer.

Presents an annotated edition of the novel about Dorian Gray, a remarkably handsome youth who is corrupted into a life of terrible evil by Lord Henry Wotton; and includes backgrounds, reviews and reactions, and a selection of critical essays.

Presents an annotated edition of the nineteenth-century comedy of mixed identity about a man who, as a child, was absentmindedly placed in a handbag and left at the railroad station; and includes modern spelling, a critical introduction, a biography of author Oscar Wilde, and other reference information.

A once selfish giant welcomes the children to his previously forbidden garden and is eventually rewarded by an unusual little child.

A beautiful, golden, jewel-studded statue and a little swallow give all they have to help the poor.

Nine tales include "The Remarkable Rocket," "The Nightingale and the Rose," and "The Selfish Giant.".

A celebrated and feared English ghost is outraged when the new American owners of his haunting place refuse to take him seriously and actually fight back against him.

A once selfish giant welcomes the children to his previously forbidden garden to play and is eventually rewarded by an unusual tiny child.