Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946 'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself'

Details

ISBN13: 9780241251805
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 64
Edition:
Publication Date: 02 May 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 16.1(H)x10.9(L)x0.8(W)58
Weight (gm): 58

Author Biography

Born in Ireland, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was educated in Dublin & Oxford and went on to become the leading and most prominent exponent of flamboyant aestheticism. As well as his many plays, he wrote one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), and published several volumes of poetry and criticism. He was imprisoned in 1895 for homosexual offences and after his release he died in exile in Paris.

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