THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
By Oscar Wilde
CONTENTS
CHAPTER: I,
II,
III,
IV,
V,
VI,
VII,
VIII,
IX,
X,
XI,
XII,
XIII,
XIV,
XV,
XVI,
XVII,
XVIII,
XIX,
XX,
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME AND OTHER STORIES
Oscar Wilde
CONTENTS
PAGE
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE�S CRIME
3
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
65
THE SPHINX WITHOUT A SECRET
121
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE
133
THE PORTRAIT OF MR. W. H.
145
ESSAYS AND LECTURES
By Oscar Wilde
CONTENTS
PAGE
THE RISE OF HISTORICAL CRITICISM
1
THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE OF ART
109
HOUSE DECORATION
157
ART AND THE HANDICRAFTMAN
173
LECTURE TO ART STUDENTS
197
LONDON MODELS
213
POEMS IN PROSE
227
A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES
By Oscar Wilde
CONTENTS
PAGE
The Young King
1
The Birthday of the Infanta
31
The Fisherman and his Soul
73
The Star-child
147
THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES
By Oscar Wilde
CONTENTS
Page
The Happy Prince
1
The Nightingale and the Rose
25
The Selfish Giant
43
The Devoted Friend
57
The Remarkable Rocket
87
CHARMIDES AND OTHER POEMS
By Oscar Wilde
CONTENTS
PAGE
Charmides
9
Requiescat
67
San Miniato
69
Rome Unvisited
71
Humanitad
77
Louis Napoleon
114
Endymion
116
Le Jardin
119
La Mer
120
Le Panneau
121
Les Ballons
124
Canzonet
126
Le Jardin Des Tuileries
129
Pan: Double Villanelle
131
In the Forest
135
Symphony in Yellow
136
SONNETS
H�las!
139
To Milton
140
On the Massacre of the Christians in Bulgaria
141
Holy Week at Genoa
142
Urbs Sacra �terna
143
E Tenebris
144
At Verona
145
On the Sale by Auction of Keats� Love Letters
146
The New Remorse
147
POEMS
By Oscar Wilde
CONTENTS
POEMS (1881):
PAGE
H�las!
3
Eleutheria:
Sonnet To Liberty
7
Ave Imperatrix
8
To Milton
14
Louis Napoleon
15
Sonnet on the Massacre of the Christians in Bulgaria
16
Quantum Mutata
17
Libertatis Sacra Fames
18
Theoretikos
19
The Garden of Eros
21
Rosa Mystica:
Requiescat
39
Sonnet on approaching Italy
40
San Miniato
41
Ave Maria Gratia Plena
42
Italia
43
Sonnet written in Holy Week at Genoa
44
Rome Unvisited
45
p. viUrbs Sacra �terna
49
Sonnet on hearing the Dies Ir� sung in the Sistine Chapel
50
Easter Day
51
E Tenebris
52
Vita Nuova
53
Madonna Mia
54
The New Helen
55
The Burden Of Itys
61
Wind Flowers:
Impression du Matin
83
Magdalen Walks
84
Athanasia
86
Serenade
89
Endymion
91
La Bella Donna della mia Mente
93
Chanson
95
Charmides
97
Flowers of Gold:
Impressions: I. Les Silhouettes
135
II. La Fuite de la Lune
136
The Grave of Keats
137
Theocritus: A Villanelle
138
In the Gold Room: A Harmony
139
Ballade de Marguerite
140
The Dole of the King�s Daughter
143
Amor Intellectualis
145
Santa Decca
146
A Vision
147
Impression de Voyage
148
p. viiThe Grave of Shelley
149
By the Arno
150
Impressions de Th��tre:
Fabien dei Franchi
155
Ph�dre
156
Sonnets written at the Lyceum Theatre
I. Portia
157
II. Queen Henrietta Maria
158
III. Camma
159
Panthea
161
The Fourth Movement:
Impression: Le R�veillon
175
At Verona
176
Apologia
177
Quia Multum Amavi
179
Silentium Amoris
180
Her Voice
181
My Voice
183
T�dium Vit�
184
Humanitad
185
Flower of Love:
G?????????S ??OS
211
UNCOLLECTED POEMS (1876�1893):
From Spring Days to Winter
217
Tristiti�
219
The True Knowledge
220
p. viiiImpressions: I. Le Jardin
221
II. La Mer
222
Under the Balcony
223
The Harlot�s House
225
Le Jardin des Tuileries
227
On the Sale by Auction of Keats� Love Letters
228
The New Remorse
229
Fantasisies D�coratives: I. Le Panneau
230
II. Les Ballons
232
Canzonet
233
Symphony in Yellow
235
In the Forest
236
To my Wife: With a Copy of my Poems
237
With a Copy of �A House of Pomegranates�
238
Roses and Rue
239
D�sespoir
242
Pan: Double Villanelle
243
THE SPHINX (1894)
245
THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL (1898)
269
RAVENNA (1878)
305
SELECTED POEMS OF OSCAR WILDE
CONTENTS
Preface
v
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Complete Version)
1
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Shorter Version)
61
Ave Imperatrix
89
To My Wife (with a copy of my poems)
100
Magdalen Walks
102
Theocritus�a Villanelle
106
Sonnets�
Greece
108
Portia (to Ellen Terry)
110
Fabien Dei Franchi (to Henry Irving)
112
Ph�dre (to Sarah Bernhardt)
114
p. viiiOn Hearing The Dies Ir� Sung In The Sistine Chapel
116
Ave Maria Gratia Plena
118
Libertatis Sacra Fames
120
Roses and Rue
122
From �The Garden of Eros�
128
The Harlot�s House
140
From �The Burden of Itys�
144
Flower of Love
158
OSCAR WILDE MISCELLANEOUS
CONTENTS
Preface
vii
La Sainte Courtisane
111
A Florentine Tragedy
127
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
BY WILDE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Miss Virginia E. Otis
"Had once raced old Lord Bilton on her pony"
"Blood has been spilled on that spot"
"I really must insist on your oiling those chains"
"The twins ... at once discharged two pellets on him"
"Its head was bald and burnished"
"He met with a severe fall"
"A heavy jug of water fell right down on him"
"Making satirical remarks on the photographs"
"Suddenly there leaped out two figures"
"'Poor, poor ghost,' she murmured; 'have you no place where you can sleep?'"
"The ghost glided on more swiftly"
"He heard somebody galloping after him"
"Out on the landing stepped Virginia"
"Chained to it was a gaunt skeleton"
"By the side of the hearse and the coaches walked the servants with lighted torches"
"The moon came out from behind a cloud"
VERA; OR, THE NIHILISTS.
A DRAMA IN A PROLOGUE, AND FOUR ACTS
By Oscar Wilde
PROLOGUE.
ACT I.
ACT II.
ACT III.
ACT IV.
CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.
THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES
By Oscar Wilde
CONTENTS
Page
The Happy Prince
15
The Nightingale and the Rose
41
The Selfish Giant
59
The Devoted Friend
73
The Remarkable Rocket
105
A CRITIC IN PALL MALL
BEING EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS AND MISCELLANIES
By Oscar Wilde
CONTENTS
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The Tomb of Keats
1
Keats�s Sonnet on Blue
4
Dinners and Dishes
8
Shakespeare on Scenery
10
�Henry the Fourth� at Oxford
15
A Handbook to Marriage
18
To Read or Not to Read
21
The Letters of a Great Woman
22
B�ranger in England
27
The Poetry of the People
29
�The Cenci�
32
Balzac in English
34
Ben Jonson
37
Mr. Symonds� History of the Renaissance
39
Mr. Morris�s �Odyssey�
44
Russian Novelists
48
Mr. Pater�s �Imaginary Portraits�
51
A German Princess
55
�A Village Tragedy�
63
Mr. Morris�s Completion of the �Odyssey�
65
Mrs. Somerville
70
Aristotle at Afternoon Tea
76
p. viEarly Christian Art in Ireland
81
Madame Ristori
85
English Poetesses
91
Venus or Victory
101
M. Caro on George Sand
105
A Fascinating Book
108
Henley�s Poems
123
Some Literary Ladies
129
Poetry and Prison
143
The Gospel According to Walt Whitman
146
Irish Fairy Tales
152
Mr. W. B. Yeats
158
Mr. Yeats�s �Wanderings of Oisin�
160
Mr. William Morris�s Last Book
162
Some Literary Notes
167
Mr. Swinburne�s �Poems and Ballads� (Third Series)
173
A Chinese Sage
177
Mr. Pater�s �Appreciations�
187
Sententiae
194