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  1. 06-30-2007, 06:19 PM #1
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    July / Wilde Reading: 'Complete Short Fiction'



    In July we will be reading Oscar Wilde's short stories:

    The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888):
    -The Happy Prince
    -The Nightingale and the Rose
    -The Selfish Giant
    -The Devoted Friend
    -The Remarkable Rocket

    A House of Pomegranates (1891):
    -The Young King
    -The Birthday of the Infanta
    -The Fisherman and His Soul
    -The Star Child

    Lord Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891):
    -Lord Savile's Crime
    -The Sphinx Without a Secret
    -The Canterville Ghost
    -The Model Millionaire

    The online copies can be found here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    In June we will be reading Oscar Wilde's short stories:
    Can't wait for about a whole year to pass as there are about eleven months left before June!
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  3. 07-01-2007, 05:17 PM #3
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    Just a small test to see who is paying attention!

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    Quote Originally Posted by motherhubbard View Post
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    I'm glad this was picked over Earnest, because now I can finally force myself to read them. I've been meaning to for about 2 years...
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    Quote Originally Posted by motherhubbard View Post
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    Still waiting for my copy of the stories... Should get it by the end of the week.
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  8. 07-03-2007, 04:51 AM #8
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    I started reading The Devoted Friend a while ago...it sorta reminds me of the stuff I used to read when I was still little. But somehow Wilde managed to make it more interesting.
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  9. 07-06-2007, 11:38 PM #9
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    I just bought the big Oscar Wilde book that Barnes and Noble published (includes not only the complete short fiction but plays, poems, essays, and the Picture of Dorian Gray). I will be participating .
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  10. 07-07-2007, 07:08 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dori View Post
    I just bought the big Oscar Wilde book that Barnes and Noble published (includes not only the complete short fiction but plays, poems, essays, and the Picture of Dorian Gray). I will be participating .
    WOW!! I've been looking for a book like this FOREVER. I don't have Barnes and Noble here though, but can you tell me what is its name? Maybe I can find it in Virgin store or somewhere else!
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  11. 07-07-2007, 06:02 PM #11
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    The name is Oscar Wilde: Collected Works: Complete and Unabridged.

    It is a hardcover with a picture at the top, Oscar Wilde under it, Complete and Unabridged under that, and at the bottom of the cover it lists a few of the works included (it's orange/yellow at the bottom). I can't find it anywhere on the internet. Strangely enough, it's not even on barnesandnoble.com.
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    Thank you for describing it to me. I'll check out the bookshops we have here, maybe I'll be lucky and find the Barnes and Noble edition. Thank you again
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    hay nosa if you find it ........please send it to me after reading it
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    Are we going to discuss these one by one? Wouldn't it be easier that way?
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  15. 07-09-2007, 11:19 AM #15
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    I've read The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, and The Devoted Friend so far. Can we start with those?
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