A representative sample of the Irish writer's enormous talent.

The stories collected in this volume reveal the enormous genius of Oscar Wilde (Dublin, 1854 – Paris, 1900), one of the most fascinating and magnetic figures in English literature, a standard-bearer of dandyism, who dedicated his life and work to a shared project whose highest aspiration was to cultivate beauty. Throughout his life, he was a committed advocate of aestheticism, until his imprisonment, convicted of offending public morals, marked the beginning of his decline. A novelist, poet, literary critic, and playwright, Wilde owes much of his popularity to the only novel he wrote, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890).

This selection offers a fabulous overview of the Irish writer's short story production, almost all of which is contained in the three books of stories he published during his lifetime: The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Crime of Lord Arthur Savile and Other Stories and A house of pomegranates.