World’s Greatest Classics (Box Set of 4 Books) - Softcover

F. Scott Fitzgerald; Oscar Wilde; Emily Brontë; Jane Austen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9354401570 ISBN 13: 9789354401572

Publisher: Fingerprint! Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

Collected in this box set are some endearing and enthralling stories that have gripped the imagination of people all over the world, for decades. We bring together four timeless classics that are the greatest of all: devastating yet captivating The Great Gatsby and The Picture of Dorian Gray, along with passionate love stories Wuthering Heights and Pride & Prejudice.

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About the Author

Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford. He later lived in London and married Constance Lloyd there in 1884. Wilde was a leader of the Aesthetic Movement. His only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. He published a revised and expanded edition in 1891 in response to negative reviews which criticised the book's immorality. Wilde became famous through of the immense success of his plays such as Lady Windemere's Fan (1892), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).

In 1985, after a public scandal involving Wilde's relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, he was sentenced to two years' hard labour in Reading Gaol for 'gross indecency'. His poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol was based on his experiences in prison and was published in 1898. After his release, Wilde never lived in England again and died in Paris on 30 November 1900. He is buried in Père Lachaise cemetery.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fingerprint! Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9354401570
• ISBN 13: 9789354401572
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1264