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Gerald Arbuthnot receives a promotion from Lord Illingworth, a worldly politician who has a sordid history of women, one of whom is Gerald's widowed mother. When their connection is revealed, the young man questions his past, present and future aspirations.
A Woman of No Importance opens with a high-class party featuring a group of society's most illustrious citizens. In the midst of the event, Gerald Arbuthnot enters and announces his new position...
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First performed in 1895, "An Ideal Husband" is Oscar Wilde's classic and much-loved comedic drama. The play tells the story of an up-and-coming politician, Sir Robert Chiltern, who tries to hide his secret past from his judgmental wife and the blackmail scheme he is forced to participate in to keep that secret quiet. Lady Chiltern has a very particular idea of what makes the "ideal husband" which leaves her with little tolerance for Sir Robert's all...
3) Oscar Wilde - Das Gespenst von Canterville / Die schönsten Märchen / Meistererzählungen / Lord Ar
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Auf diesem Hörbuch: Das Gespenst von Canterville - Der glückliche Prinz - Der selbstsüchtige Riese - Die Nachtigall und die Rose - Lord Arthur Saviles Verbrechen und andere. Gelesen von Markus Hoffmann, Katharina Thalbach, Thomas Vogt und Gerd Wameling.
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Dos campesinos ven caer una estrella del cielo, y cuando van al lugar encuentran un niño del que se hace cargo uno de ellos. El niño es criado como un hijo más, pero destaca su belleza frente al resto, y se hace vanidoso y tirano, tanto que al saber que su madre no es más que una simple mendiga la despreciará. El castigo de este comportamiento será la fealdad y el desprecio de los demás, y su única redención consistirá en encontrar a su...
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En este sorprendente cuento Wilde se sirve la realidad de la corte española, de sus personajes y sus costumbres, para describirla de un modo exótico y servirse así de ella como lugar para el relato del infausto acontecimiento que ocurre el día del cumpleaños de la infanta, a quien le agasajan con las gracias de un enano que no tiene noción de su propia deformidad. Tanta gracia le hace a la infanta sus piruetas que le regala una de sus rosas...
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Oscar Wilde wurde besonders durch seinen Witz und seine humorvollen, ironischen Stücke und Romane berühmt. Doch auch märchenhafte, nachdenkliche, heitere Geschichten gehörten zum Repertoire des wortgewandten englischen Literaten. Eine Auswahl seiner schönsten Erzählungen als Hörbuch: Die Sphinx ohne Geheimnis. Eine Radierung - Der Modellmillionär. Ein Zeichen der Bewunderung - Die Nachtigall und die Rose - Gedichte in Prosa - Der Lehrer der...
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Als die amerikanische Familie Otis das englische Schloss Canterville kauft, wird sie gewarnt: Ein Gespenst treibe dort seit Jahrhunderten sein Unwesen. Doch die wenig abergläubischen Amerikaner haben keine Angst vor dem Geist, sie machen sich sogar lustig über wiederkehrende Blutflecken und Kettengerassel. Das Gespenst von Canterville ist verzweifelt, niemand nimmt es mehr ernst ... Oscar Wildes berühmte und hochkomische Erzählung als Hörbuch....
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Añadimos otro cuento del maravilloso Oscar Wilde a nuestra colección. Esta vez se trata de El Amigo Fiel un cuento corto, no llega a la media hora, lleno de fina ironía y la elegante forma de decirla del autor de origen irlandes. Y en línea con el estilo del autor, una interpretación de Esperanza de la Encarnación que no podeis dejar de disfrutar.
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Britain's most popular nineteenth century playwright Oscar Wilde was born in Ireland in 1854. He dabbled in several different forms of writing, as is exemplified in his best known work, the novel entitled "The Picture of Dorian Gray." He also wrote in the form of short fiction stories, like "The Canterville Ghost." In this tale, a family of proud Americans come into possession of a historic English mansion. However, the mansion is haunted by murderous...
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The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde - "The Canterville Ghost" is a humorous (Horror) short story by Oscar Wilde♥. The story is about an American family who moved to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead English nobleman, who killed his wife and was then walled in and starved to death by his wife's brothers. It has been adapted for the stage and screen several times.
★Summary of the Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde★
"The Canterville Ghost"...
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Oscar Wilde was one of the most distinguished men of British letters in the nineteenth century. An accomplished and versatile writer of fiction, drama, poetry, essays, and criticism, he was known for his bitting wit and fearless challenges to the aesthetic and literary conventions of his day. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Works collects Wildes complete fiction and plays, including The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel condemned in its day as...
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This comprehensive collection showcases Oscar Wilde's brilliant storytelling skills and his amazing stylistic versatility, ranging from fairy tales and ghost stories to detective yarns and comedies of manners. It includes the complete texts of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales," "A House of Pomegranates," "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories," "Poems in Prose," and the critical essay "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." Originally published in the...
13) Salomé
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Salomé” - is a work by the Irish philosopher, aesthete, writer and poet O. Wilde (1854 - 1900). One act play was written by the author in French in 1891. It was translated into English and published in London in 1894. The basis of the tragedy - is the story of Salome, the character of the New Testament. Salome - is the stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, she is the one, who tempted Herod by dancing the Dance of the Seven Veils. To her stepfather's...
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The Gold Fund of the World Literature” - is the collection of the e-books, which includes the best examples of the world fiction and presents to the maximum irrefragable list of the most widely read books in the world. Each of the works, published under the cover of this series, enters one or several lists of the best books in different versions, which are not opposed one to another, but are harmonically united, to give the reader the biggest choice....
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Treasury of Classic Children's Stories is a delightful collection narrated by beloved entertainment icons. Bedtime and playtime will never be the same again as families gather to listen to classic tales brought to life by award-winning performers. From her Grammy-winning Enchanted Tales, Audrey Hepburn performs story adaptations by Mary Sheldon; John Ritter tells the story of Jack and the Beanstalk; Sharon Stone delivers an off-the-wall rendition...
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Lady Windermere misinterprets her husband's interest in an older woman, Mrs. Erlynne, causing a rift that could lead to both marital and societal ruin. Lady Windermere's Fan Is an intriguing tale that examines intention versus outcome in a world driven by perception.
Lady Windermere is a young wife who's concerned by her husband's connection to the mysterious, Mrs. Erlynne. She believes the woman is a threat to her marriage and livelihood. Despite...
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The Importance of Being Earnest is the last play Oscar Wilde ever wrote, and remains his most enduringly popular. It makes fun of social graces in the late Victorian era. Two seemingly unrelated parties are thrown into ridiculous entanglement when their fake identities, maintained in order to escape social responsibilities, grow ever more complicated to uphold.
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El crímen de Lord Arthur Savile. Un joven prometedor, ha decidido casarse. Sin embargo, un obstáculo inesperado retrasa su proyecto cuando en una fiesta le lee la mano un quiromante y le confiesa que ve un asesinato en su futuro. A partir de ese momento, lord Savile decidirá tomar las riendas de su destino para poder casarse cuanto antes y proseguir así con su apacible vida de siempre.
El fantasma de Canterville. Una familia norteamericana, los...
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