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The Major Works by Oscar Wilde
The Major Works by Oscar Wilde






The Major Works by Oscar Wilde The Major Works by Oscar Wilde

An Ideal Husband (1895) – It was a comedic play that revolved around blackmail and political corruption.The Sphinx (1894) – The poem talks about the thousand weary centuries of history behind the Sphinx.The Duchess of Padua (1893) – The Duchess of Padua was a five-act melodramatic tragedy set in Padua and was written in blank verse.A Woman of No Importance (1893) – A play that satirized the English upper-class society.Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) – A four-act comedy that satirizes the morals of society.The House of Pomegranates (1892) – Another collection of short stories featuring “The Birthday of the Infanta”, “The Young King”, “The Star-Child” and “The Fisherman and His Soul”.She requests the head of Jokanaan on a silver platter as the reward for the dance of the seven veils. Salome (1891) – The play is about the Biblical story of Salome, who was the stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas.

The Major Works by Oscar Wilde

  • Intentions (1891) – This was another collection of essays and featured a revised version of “The Decay of Lying”.
  • Another Collection of Short Stories (1891) – A collection of short and semi-comic stories that included “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime”, “The Sphinx Without a Secret”, “The Canterville Ghost” and “The Model Millionaire”.
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) – This has been the only full-length novel from Wilde and had gone through a lot of scrutinies in his days, surviving them all to become a classic work of fiction.
  • The essay promotes Romanticism over Realism as Wilde’s view. Wilde presents the essays in a Socratic dialogue, where the characters are having s playful and whimsical conversation.
  • The Decay of Living (1889) – One of the most famous essays by Wilde, it presents two characters Vivian and Cyril engulfed in a conversation.
  • Stories and Tales (1888) – A collection of short stories were published for children that consisted of titles like “The Nightingale and the Rose”, “The Selfish Giant”, “The Happy Prince”, “The Devoted Friend” and “The Remarkable Rocket”.
  • He visited the United States for a lecture tour in 1882.
  • Poems (1881) – The first collection of poems written by Wilde was published during this time.
  • The poem starts with memories of the country and it ends with a salute to the city.
  • Ravenna (1878) – The poem has seven parts and describes a person who has landed in a city.
  • The following are the works of Wilde in their chronological order: The Picture of Dorian Gray There have been poems, novels, plays, epigrams and others. Oscar has written volumes in terms of literature.








    The Major Works by Oscar Wilde