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| The Picture of Dorian Gray |
   
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3 | 60.00% |
| The Happy Prince and Other Tales |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Lady Windermere's Fan |
  
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0 | 0% |
| An Ideal Husband |
  
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| The Importance of Being Earnest |
  
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1 | 20.00% |
| Salome |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Poems |
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0 | 0% |
| The Ballad of Reading Gaol |
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1 | 20.00% |
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06-29-2009, 07:40 PM
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What is Wilde's Best Work?
What do you think is Oscar Wilde's best fictional work? I'm thinking in terms of the best work from a critical perspective, as opposed to purely from a favourite point of view, though I don't suppose it matters either way. I'm only going to include serious contenders so sorry if you think "Vera" is his best work.
Obviously it is going to be difficult to compare works written in different forms, but let's not be picky.
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06-29-2009, 07:51 PM
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His life.
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06-29-2009, 08:08 PM
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 "I've put my talent into my work and my genius into my life" and all that.
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John Milton (1608-1674) Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end. (PL-i 65-67) "To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul" Wilde |
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07-02-2009, 11:04 AM
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 Maaaa, nobody is voting...
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John Milton (1608-1674) Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end. (PL-i 65-67) "To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul" Wilde |
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07-02-2009, 11:29 AM
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I did! I did! One of my favorite books is The Picture of Dorian Gray
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07-02-2009, 05:37 PM
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The Importance of Being Earnest is hilarious. Gets my vote.
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07-02-2009, 05:45 PM
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The Ballard of Reading Jail.
I suspect that the reason that the ability to write good prose and good dialogue go hand in hand is simply that a good writer knows how to listen. At this nadir of his life, he listened to himself and expressed it in his inimatable manner. |
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07-02-2009, 11:09 PM
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I voted for The Picture of Dorian Gray..I only read 2 of those list-Lady Windereme's fan is quite good as well. The Importance of Being Earnest appears to be in my Reading List next month
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