Download or read book I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation written by Maria Leach and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation is a celebration of the virtuoso of well-turned phrases and the master of the studied insult - Oscar Wilde. Indeed, so perfect were Wilde's verbal thrusts that his victims were often flattered to have been the cause of them. His needle-sharp rejoinders were repeated with delight - not least by Wilde himself, who took an artist's pride in his work. Yet for all that, his jibes were rarely cruel, for behind them lay great warmth of character, generosity of spirit, and a profound understanding of human life and its vanities. This book shows us why, more than a hundred years after his death, people of every age and from all walks of life are still drawn to Wilde's dazzling repartee and the wicked brilliance of his social observations, while his plays and stories continue to entertain and enthral succeeding generations.
Download or read book WICKED WIT OF OSCAR WILDE written by MARIA. LEACH and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a unique tribute to one of history's most revered writers, this anthology highlights the virtuoso of the well-turned phrase and the master of the studied insult, Oscar Wilde. So perfect were Wilde’s verbal thrusts that his victims were often flattered to have been the cause of them.nbsp;This sparkling collection shows why, more than 100 years after his death,nbsp;Wilde’s dazzling repartee and the wicked brilliance of his social observations continue to entertain and enthrall succeeding generations.
Download or read book I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation written by Oscar Wilde and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 1,000 quotations from Wilde on subjects from absinthe to Zola as well as selections from personal letters filled with poignant remarks on his life and the human condition.
Download or read book I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation written by Maria Leach and published by Michael O'Mara. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a celebration of the virtuoso of well-turned phrases and the master of the studied insult - Oscar Wilde. This book shows us why people are still drawn to Wilde's dazzling repartee and the wicked brilliance of his social observations, while his plays and stories continue to entertain and enthral succeeding generations.
Download or read book The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde 16pt Large Print Edition written by Maria Leach and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the virtuoso of well-turned phrases and the master of the studied insult with this collection of his most acerbic quips. No playwright apart from Shakespeare is as widely quoted and Oscar Wilde's needle-sharp rejoinders are often repeated with delight. However, his jibes were rarely cruel, and displayed a profound understanding of the human character and its vanities.
Download or read book The Wicked Wit of Ireland written by Myles Byrne and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than "a bad turn" and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is "good drying weather".' Hugh Leonard The people of Ireland are renowned for their wit, and they have migrated from Ireland to most corners of the world, taking that famous sense of humour with them. Modern comedians and comic writers as varied as Dylan Moran, Sharon Horgan, Tommy Tiernan, Alison Spittle, Graham Linehan and Ed Byrne have their own distinctive ways of celebrating and mocking their origins while still occasionally acknowledging the traditional 'paddywackery' (meaning the rain-soaked, Guinness-sodden Oirish stereotype of old). The roots of Irish humour are much more complex: for centuries classic Irish writers have used black humour and sarcasm, ranging from the satires of Jonathan Swift, George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde through to the hilarity of J.P. Donleavy and the sublime nonsense of Flann O'Brien and Spike Milligan ('Many people die of thirst but the Irish are born with one.') This collection combines a pinch of traditional Irish humour, from shamrocks to limericks, and blarney stones to drinking stories, mixed with distinctly modern one-liners, quips and quotes from the best of the current crop of humorists, along with sections on the Irish mammy, literary feuds and putdowns and epitaphs.
Download or read book The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2000-04-20 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a wit, Wilde lived by his own maxim: "There is only one thing in the worldorse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." A centuryfter he left that world, he is not only still talked about, but widelyuoted. This tribute marks the centenary of his death.
Download or read book The Wit of Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oscar Wilde is one of the most quoted and quotable men in history. He once boasted that he could talk spontaneously on any subject, a claim effortlessly borne out by the range and scope of the examples collected in this book. It is an entertaining, instructive, and revealing look at a man who is unlikely ever to be forgotten. "Oscar Wilde," wrote Richard Ellmann, "we have only to hear the great name to anticipate that what will be quoted as his will surprise and delight us. His wit is an agent of renewal, as pertinent now as a hundred years ago."
Download or read book The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete texts of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales," "A House of Pomegranates," "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories," "Poems in Prose," and "The Portrait of Mr. W. H."
Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde and published by First Avenue Editions ™. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Worthing gets antsy living at his country estate. As an excuse, he spins tales of his rowdy brother Earnest living in London. When Jack rushes to the city to confront his "brother," he's free to become Earnest and live a different lifestyle. In London, his best friend, Algernon, begins to suspect Earnest is leading a double life. Earnest confesses that his real name is Jack and admits the ruse has become tricky as two women have become enchanted with the idea of marrying Earnest. On a whim, Algernon also pretends to be Earnest and encounters the two women as they meet at the estate. With two Earnests who aren't really earnest and two women in love with little more than a name, this play is a classic comedy of errors. This is an unabridged version of Oscar Wilde's English play, first published in 1899.
Download or read book The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales written by Maria Leach and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noted folklorist spins a tapestry of spooky yarns involving haunted houses, ghostly visitations, and other chilling vignettes. Moody black-and-white drawings complement the stories, which range from humorous to eerie.
Download or read book The Wicked Wit of England written by Geoff Tibballs and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody does irony or sarcasm like the English. The Wicked Wit of England is celebration of British humour, featuring a collection of stories, anecdotes, quips and quotes that capture the various idiosyncrasies of the English character.
Download or read book The Complete Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic fiction. This beautifully presented collection of Wilde's works includes his plays, poems, stories, essays and the heart-rending letter to Lord Alfred Douglas from Reading Gaol, De Profundis.
Download or read book The Quotable Oscar Wilde written by Running Press and published by RP Minis. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I must die as I lived, beyond my means." Arguably the most quoted man in history, and certainly in his day, this enormous miniature collection is filled with Oscar Wildes' most notorious and witty sayings. Organized into five neat sections useful for any situation, this book is perfect for either enjoying in small bites or devouring in one sitting. Featuring a biography, quotes, a poem and short story, it is a must have for Wilde lovers and novices alike.
Download or read book The Green Carnation written by Robert Hichens and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lady Windermere s Fan written by Oscar Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the morals of society.The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. She confronts him with it but although he denies it, he invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's supposed unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband for another lover. After discovering what has transpired, Mrs Erlynne follows Lady Windermere and attempts to persuade her to return to her husband and in the course of this, Mrs Erlynne is discovered in a compromising position. It is then revealed Mrs Erlynne is Lady Windermere's mother, who abandoned her family twenty years before the time the play is set. Mrs Erlynne sacrifices herself and her reputation to save her daughter's marriage. The best known line of the play sums up the central theme.
