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It has constantly been made a subject of reproach against artists and men of letters that they are lacking in wholeness and completeness of nature. As a rule this must necessarily be so. That very concentration of vision and intensity of purpose which is the...
"As to my personal attitude towards criticism, I confess in brief the following: "If my works are good and of any importance whatever for the further development of art, they will maintain their place in spite of all adverse criticism and in spite of all hateful...
It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read.
Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword! Some kill their love when they are young, And some when they are old; Some strangle...
Guido [Taking a letter from his pocket and reading it.] "The hour noon; the city, Padua; the place, the market; and the day, Saint Philip's Day." Ascanio And what of the man, how shall we know him? Guido [reading still] "I will wear a violet cloak with a silver falcon...
Lord Darlington. How do you do, Lady Windermere? Lady Windermere. How do you do,Lord Darlington? No, I can't shake hands with you. My hands are all wet with these roses. Aren't they lovely? They came up from Selby this morning. Lord Darlington. They are quite perfect....
High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. He was very much admired indeed. "He is as beautiful...
mrs. marchmont. Going on to the Hartlocks' tonight, Margaret? lady basildon. I suppose so. Are you? mrs. marchmont. Yes. Horribly tedious parties they give, don't they? lady basildon. Horribly tedious! Never know why I go. Never know why I go anywhere. mrs. marchmont. I...
"SALOMÉ" has made the author's name a household word wherever the English language is not spoken. Few English plays have such a peculiar history. Written in French in 1892 it was in full rehearsal by Madame Bernhardt at the Palace Theatre when it was prohibited by the...
The chief advantage that would result from the establishment of Socialism is, undoubtedly, the fact that Socialism would relieve us from that sordid necessity of living for others which, in the present condition of things, presses so hardly upon almost everybody. In...
Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mood in his art as a painter. Through Basil,Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton,...
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things. The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of...
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome...
Le portrait de Dorian Gray est un roman fantastique et philosophique écrit par Oscar Wilde en 1890 et publié en 1891. L'intrigue se déroule à Londres au 19ème siècle pendant l'époque victorienne. Dorian Gray, qui est un jeune homme d'une beauté extraordinaire, fait la...
Dorian Gray est un jeune homme d'une très grande beauté. Son ami artiste peintre Basil Hallward est obsédé par cette dernière et en tire toute son inspiration. Sa fascination pour le jeune homme le mène à faire son portrait, qui se révèle être la plus belle oeuvre qu'il...
Un ministre américain et sa famille achètent à Lord Canterville son château et tout ce qu'il contient... fantôme compris. Mais la famille Otis n'a vraiment pas peur des fantômes. Alors, lorsqu'un spectre qui a l'habitude de terroriser tout le monde se trouve confronté à...
Une femme sans importance est la deuxième des Comédies de Société de Wilde. Bien moins connue en France que l'Importance d'être constant, elle est moins intéressante pour son histoire que pour son esprit. Wilde y déploie à travers ses personnages tout l'art de la...
Alors qu'il rend visite à son ami peintre Basil Hallward, Lord Henry rencontre le jeune Dorian Gray. Emerveillé par sa jeune beauté et sa naïveté, il se lie rapidement d'amitié avec lui et dit, en plaisantant, qu'une fois le portrait terminé, seul celui-ci gardera à...
Lord Arthur Savile est un jeune noble dont la vie s'écoule paisiblement, jusqu'au jour où, lors d'une soirée chez son amie, Lady Windermere, il rencontre un homme fort étrange, M. Podgers, le chiromancien de Lady Windermere. Celui-ci lui prédit, en lisant dans les...
Dans ce «portait», un homme explique à un autre l'origine d'un petit tableau en sa possession et évoque la passion d'un ancien ami pour l'énigme de Monsieur W.H., personnage mystérieux, destinataire des vers de Shakespeare dans ses Sonnets. Énigme à laquelle il...
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