The complete fictional works Oscar Wilde, authored by Oscar Wilde

All these stories reveal extensive knowledge, solid art, rooted talent, and complete dominance over the well-structured narrative construction of the tale, which indicates the novelist's ability Oscar Wilde to weave his stories, build his characters, and choose his themes. The reader feels that behind these stories is a hand that knows what it is writing and understands what it is creating... The writer is always experimenting with narration, presentation, plotting, themes, and techniques used, just as he was constantly developing himself. From the introduction This comprehensive collection showcases Oscar Wilde's remarkable storytelling skills and his astonishing versatility, starting from fairy tales and ghost stories to detective plots and satirical tales. Most of these stories had previously been published when Wilde was famous as a playwright. The stories offer captivating expressions of the themes that dominated Wilde's life and mind, and the behind-the-scenes of his psychological worlds that later produced his most famous works. Number of pages: 380