The Collected works of Oscar Wilde

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the best-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life. Wilde took London by storm with his plays, particularly his masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest.

His essays - in particular De Profundis- and his Ballad of Reading Gaol, both written after his release from prison, strikingly break the bounds of his usual expressive range. His other essays and poems are all included in this comprehensive collection of the works of one of the most exciting writers of the late nineteenth century.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• The Contributors (p. x)
• Introduction to the 1994 Edition (p. 1)
• Introduction to the 1966 Edition (p. 7)
• Introduction to the Stories (p. 13)
• Stories
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (p. 17)
• Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (p. 160)
• The Canterville Ghost (p. 184)
• The Sphinx Without a Secret (p. 205)
• The Model Millionaire (p. 209)
• A House of Pomegranates
• The Young King (p. 213)
• The Birthday of the Infanta (p. 223)
• The Fisherman and his Soul (p. 236)
• The Star-Child (p. 260)
• The Happy Prince
• The Happy Prince (p. 271)
• The Nightingale and the Rose (p. 278)
• The Selfish Giant (p. 283)
• The Devoted Friend (p. 286)
• The Remarkable Rocket (p. 294)
• The Portrait of Mr. W.H. (p. 302)
• Introduction to the Plays (p. 352)
• Plays
• The Importance of Being Earnest (p. 357)
• Lady Windermere's Fan (p. 420)
• A Woman of No Importance (p. 465)
• An Ideal Husband (p. 515)
• Salome (p. 583)
• The Duchess of Padua (p. 606)
• Vera, or the Nihilists (p. 681)
• A Florentine Tragedy (p. 721)
• La Sainte Courtisane (p. 734)
• Introduction to the Poems (p. 739)
• Poems
• Ye Shall Be Gods (p. 745)
• Chorus of the Cloud Maidens (p. 747)
• From Spring Days to Winter (p. 748)
• Requiescat (p. 748)
• San Miniato (p. 749)
• By The Arno (p. 749)
• Rome Unvisited (p. 750)
• La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente (p. 752)
• Chanson (p. 753)
• Untitled (See the gold sun has risen) (p. 753)
• Untitled (She stole behind him where he lay) (p. 754)
• The Dole of the King's Daughter (p. 755)
• Love Song (p. 756)
• Tristitiae (p. 757)
• The True Knowledge (p. 758)
• Heart's Yearnings (p. 758)
• The Little Ship (p. 759)
• [characters not reproducible] (Song of Lamentation) (p. 760)
• Lotus Land (p. 762)
• Desespoir (p. 763)
• Lotus Leaves (p. 763)
• Untitled (O loved one lying far away) (p. 765)
• A Fragment from The Agamemnon of Aeschylos (p. 766)
• A Vision (p. 768)
• Sonnet on Approaching Italy (p. 768)
• Sonnet (written in Holy Week at Genoa) (p. 769)
• Impression de Voyage (p. 769)
• The Theatre at Argos (p. 769)
• Urbs Sacra Aeterna (p. 770)
• The Grave of Keats (p. 770)
• Sonnet: on the massacre of the Christians in Bulgaria (p. 771)
• Easter Day (p. 771)
• Sonnet: on Hearing the Dies Irae sung in the Sistine Chapel (p. 772)
• Italia (p. 772)
• Vita Nuova (p. 773)
• E Tenebris (p. 773)
• Quantum Mutata (p. 773)
• To Milton (p. 774)
• Ave Maria Gratia Plena (p. 774)
• Wasted Days (p. 775)
• The Grave of Shelley (p. 775)
• Santa Decca (p. 776)
• Theoretikos (p. 776)
• Amor Intellectualis (p. 777)
• At Verona (p. 777)
• Ravenna (p. 778)
• Magdalen Walks (p. 786)
• The Burden of Itys (p. 786)
• Theocritus (p. 795)
• Nocturne (p. 796)
• Endymion (p. 796)
• Charmides (p. 797)
• Ballade de Marguerite (p. 814)
• La Belle Gabrielle (p. 815)
• Humanitad (p. 816)
• Athanasia (p. 826)
• The New Helen (p. 828)
• Panthea (p. 830)
• Phedre (p. 835)
• Queen Henrietta Maria (p. 835)
• Louis Napoleon (p. 836)
• Madonna Mia (p. 836)
• Roses and Rue (p. 837)
• Portia (p. 839)
• Apologia (p. 839)
• Quia Multum Amavi (p. 840)
• Silentium Amoris (p. 841)
• Her Voice (p. 841)
• My Voice (p. 842)
• [characters not reproducible] (Sweet, I blame you not...) (p. 843)
• The Garden of Eros (p. 844)
• Ave Imperatrix (p. 851)
• Pan (p. 854)
• The Artist's Dream or San Artysty (p. 856)
• Libertatis Sacra Fames (p. 858)
• Sonnet to Liberty (p. 859)
• Taedium Vitae (p. 859)
• Fabien Dei Franchi (p. 860)
• Serenade (p. 860)
• Camma (p. 861)
• Impression du Matin (p. 862)
• In the Gold Room (p. 862)
• Impressions: 1. Les Silhouettes; 2. La Fuite de la Lune (p. 863)
• Impression: Le Reveillion (p. 864)
• Helas! (p. 864)
• To V.F. (p. 864)
• To M.B.J. (p. 865)
• Impressions: 1. Le Jardin; 2. La Mer (p. 865)
• Le Jardin Des Tuileries (p. 866)
• The Harlot's House (p. 867)
• Fantaisies Decoratives (p. 868)
• Under the Balcony (p. 869)
• To My Wife (p. 870)
• On the Sale By Auction of Keats' Love Letters (p. 870)
• The New Remorse (p. 871)
• Canzonet (p. 871)
• With a Copy of 'A House of Pomegranates' (p. 872)
• Symphony in Yellow (p. 872)
• La Dame Jaune (p. 873)
• Remorse (p. 873)
• In The Forest (p. 874)
• The Sphinx (p. 874)
• The Ballad of Reading Gaol (p. 883)
• Poems in Prose
• The Artist (p. 900)
• The Doer of Good (p. 900)
• The Disciple (p. 901)
• The Master (p. 901)
• The House of Judgment (p. 902)
• The Teacher of Wisdom (p. 903)
• Introduction to Essays, Selected Journalism, Lectures and Letters (p. 907)
• Essays, Selected Journalism, Lectures and Letters
• The House Beautiful (p. 913)
• The Decorative Arts (p. 926)
• Personal Impressions of America (p. 938)
• Mrs Langtry as Hester Grazebrook (p. 942)
• Woman's Dress (p. 945)
• Mr Whistler's Ten O'Clock (p. 948)
• Dinners and Dishes (p. 950)
• Hamlet at the Lyceum (p. 952)
• Olivia at the Lyceum (p. 955)
• A Handbook to Marriage (p. 957)
• Balzac in English (p. 959)
• A Ride Through Morocco (p. 962)
• The American Invasion (p. 964)
• Two Biographies of Keats (p. 957)
• Aristotle at Afternoon Tea (p. 970)
• Mr Morris on Tapestry (p. 973)
• London Models (p. 975)
• De Profundis (p. 980)
• Two Letters to the Daily Chronicle (p. 1060)
• The Decay of Lying (p. 1071)
• Pen, Pencil and Poison (p. 1093)
• The Critic as Artist (p. 1108)
• The Truth of Masks (p. 1156)
• The Soul of Man Under Socialism (p. 1174)
• The Rise of Historical Criticism (p. 1198)
• A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (p. 1242)
• Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (p. 1244)
• Appendices
• A Chronological Table (p. 1247)
• B Order of Poems (1882) (p. 1252)
• C List of Original Dedications in Wilde's Published Works (p. 1254)
• D Index of First Lines of Poems (p. 1255)
• Bibliography (p. 1258)