The Wit And Humor Of Oscar Wilde

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486122433
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 1000 ripostes, paradoxes, and epigrams on sin, society, genius, wealth, men, women, religion, America, education, and smoking: "Work is the curse of the drinking classes," "I can resist everything except temptation," etcetera. Also excerpts from his trial testimony, where the tragedy implicit in Wilde's humor is nowhere more vivid.

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Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde written by and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780880299459
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wit of Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oscar Wilde is one of the most quoted and quotable men in history. He once boasted that he could talk spontaneously on any subject, a claim effortlessly borne out by the range and scope of the examples collected in this book. It is an entertaining, instructive, and revealing look at a man who is unlikely ever to be forgotten. "Oscar Wilde," wrote Richard Ellmann, "we have only to hear the great name to anticipate that what will be quoted as his will surprise and delight us. His wit is an agent of renewal, as pertinent now as a hundred years ago."

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486111008
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom written by Oscar Wilde and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amusing, thought-provoking epigrams, aphorisms, and other jests from the plays, essays, and lively conversation of Oscar Wilde offer a feast of humorous and profound quips. Nearly 400 quotes.

Author : Maria Leach
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1843176866
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation written by Maria Leach and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation is a celebration of the virtuoso of well-turned phrases and the master of the studied insult - Oscar Wilde. Indeed, so perfect were Wilde's verbal thrusts that his victims were often flattered to have been the cause of them. His needle-sharp rejoinders were repeated with delight - not least by Wilde himself, who took an artist's pride in his work. Yet for all that, his jibes were rarely cruel, for behind them lay great warmth of character, generosity of spirit, and a profound understanding of human life and its vanities. This book shows us why, more than a hundred years after his death, people of every age and from all walks of life are still drawn to Wilde's dazzling repartee and the wicked brilliance of his social observations, while his plays and stories continue to entertain and enthral succeeding generations.

Author : Running Press
Publisher : RP Minis
ISBN 13 : 0762449829
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quotable Oscar Wilde written by Running Press and published by RP Minis. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I must die as I lived, beyond my means." Arguably the most quoted man in history, and certainly in his day, this enormous miniature collection is filled with Oscar Wildes' most notorious and witty sayings. Organized into five neat sections useful for any situation, this book is perfect for either enjoying in small bites or devouring in one sitting. Featuring a biography, quotes, a poem and short story, it is a must have for Wilde lovers and novices alike.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231104562
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation written by Oscar Wilde and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 1,000 quotations from Wilde on subjects from absinthe to Zola as well as selections from personal letters filled with poignant remarks on his life and the human condition.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486168425
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I have put my genius into my life," declared Oscar Wilde, adding, "I have put only my talent into my works." This gift edition of the renowned poet and playwright's aphorisms draws upon both realms. Hundreds of sparkling jests and epigrams include quips from Wilde's personal letters and conversations as well as his fiction, essays, lectures, and plays. The most comprehensive collection of Wilde's witticisms, it will delight both longtime fans and new readers.

Author : Gyles Brandreth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416987207
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile written by Gyles Brandreth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playwright and raconteur Oscar Wilde embarks on another adventure as he sets sail for America in the 1880s on a roller coaster of a lecture tour. But the adventure doesn't truly begin until Oscar boards an ocean liner headed back across the Atlantic and joins a motley crew led by French impresario Edmond La Grange. As Oscar becomes entangled with the La Grange acting dynasty, he suspects that all is not as it seems. What begins with a curious death at sea soon escalates to a series of increasingly macabre tragedies once the troupe arrives in Paris to perform Hamlet. A strange air of indifference surrounds these seemingly random events, inciting Oscar to dig deeper, aided by his friends Robert Sherard and the divine Sarah Bernhardt. What he discovers is a horrifying secret -- one that may bring him closer to his own last chapter than anyone could have imagined. As intelligent as it is beguiling, this third installment in the richly historical mystery series is sure to captivate and entertain.

Author : Benjamin Errett
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698153863
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elements of Wit written by Benjamin Errett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Got wit? We’ve all been in that situation where we need to say something clever, but innocuous; smart enough to show some intelligence, without showing off; something funny, but not a joke. What we need in that moment is wit—that sparkling combination of charm, humor, confidence, and most of all, the right words at the right time. Elements of Wit is an engaging book that brings together the greatest wits of our time, and previous ones from Oscar Wilde to Nora Ephron, Winston Churchill to Christopher Hitchens, Mae West to Louis CK, and many in between. With chapters covering the essential ingredients of wit, this primer sheds light on how anyone—introverts, extroverts, wallflowers, and bon vivants—can find the right zinger, quip, parry, or retort…or at least be a little bit more interesting.