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...

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.

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...

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.

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"...

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...

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...

El artista es el creador de cosas bellas, dice Oscar Wilde, en aquella suerte de declaración de principios que acompaña las primeras páginas de su famosa novela El retrato de Dorian Gray. Quizás no hay mejor muestra de la belleza que él mismo pretendió a lo largo de su vida y obra, que en los cuentos seleccionados por Editorial Universitaria para esta edición. Magia, encanto, amor y dolor, gracia y vuelo poético, en fin, todos los elementos...

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...