Editorial Penguin UK
Fecha de edición febrero 2003
Idioma inglés
EAN 9780141439693
336 páginas
Libro
encuadernado en tapa blanda
He saw a most wonderful sight. Through a little hole in the wall the children had crept in the trees were so glad to have the children back again that they had covered themselves with blossoms'
Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and The Canterville Ghost', and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in The Model Millionaire', while The Happy Prince' and The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.
This edition includes the complete texts of Wilde's three volumes of short fiction, together with The Portrait of Mr W. H.'. Ian Small's introduction discusses Wilde's life, the cultural and literary background to his fiction, and the complex ways in which it can be read.
Eliacer Cansino nació en Sevilla. De niño le gustaban las aventuras, el teatro, los animales. De joven comenzó a escribir poesía y a mirar al cielo; y construyó un palomar con palomas mensajeras.<br> Estudió Filosofía, porque quería entender los problemas de los hombres. Ahora es profesor y vuelve a plantearse los mismos problemas con sus alumnos.<br> Le gustan mucho los libros porque siempre esconden alguna sorpresa, porque le hacen reír y soñar.
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