This captivating collection of Oscar Wilde’s early works highlights his exceptional storytelling and stylistic range, featuring fairy tales, ghost stories, detective narratives, and comedies of manners. It includes “The Happy Prince and Other Tales,” “A House of Pomegranates,” “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories,” “Poems in Prose,” and the critical essay “The Portrait of Mr. W. H.” These stories, written before Wilde’s rise as a dramatist, showcase his talent for parody, melodrama, paradox, and irony, while exploring themes of love, art, sincerity, and deceit.

Why You Should Read?

• Discover Wilde’s early mastery of diverse storytelling styles and themes.
• Explore the origins of character types and literary techniques found in his later works.
• Engage with profound themes of opposites that reflect Wilde’s life and philosophy.
• Perfect for fans of classic literature and those interested in Wilde’s evolution as a writer.