Book description
'I have nothing to declare', Wilde once told an American customs
official, 'except my genius'. A socialite, a wit, a man who flaunted
convention and was unafraid to shock, Oscar Wilde was a great writer and
a great man. This new collection of wit and wisdom demonstrates the
brilliance of his vision, the audacity of his style. Such is the scope
of the material, it brings to life the Wilde of great feeling as well as
the Wilde of great art. OSCAR WILDE was born in Dublin in 1854. One of
the greatest British writers ever, he wrote both novels and plays,
including The Picture of Dorian Gray, De Profundis (both of which are
available in Penguin Classics) and The Importance of Being Earnest. He
died in Paris in 1900.
