Name: Lies: Vintage Minis
Price: 9.83 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9781784876074

Type

Physical Book

Author

Oscar Wilde

Publisher

Vintage Classics

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

17.5 x 10.9 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.09 kg.

ISBN13

9781784876074

Synopsis "Lies: Vintage Minis"

'The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility.'Is lying simply an uncomfortable truth about life or something to be celebrated? In these dazzlingly witty pages we find deceptions of all kinds. From false names to imaginary friends to fictitious engagements, Wilde proves himself to be a connoisseur of creativity and argues that lying may be an art form in itself.Selected from The Importance of Being Earnest, The Decay of Lying and The Picture of Dorian GrayVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series: Murder by Arthur Conan DoylePower by William ShakespeareJealousy by Marcel ProustGhosts by M. R. James

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde is considered one of the most prominent playwrights of late Victorian London. Additionally, he was a celebrity of the time due to his great and sharp wit. Today, he is remembered for his epigrams, his short stories, his plays, his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the tragedy of his imprisonment, followed by his premature death.

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