Irish Literature



Oscar Wilde

cover Oscar Wilde
by Richard Ellmann
US $17.60
Published by Vintage Books, Nov. 1988
"Hailed as a masterpiece, Ellmann's biography
of Oscar Wilde has been acclaimed as a perfect
marriage of biographer and subject. With precision
and wit and sensitive to the tragic pattern of the
story, it brings Wilde to life as never before.
32 pages of photos." —Amazon.com
Reviews


cover The Complete Oscar Wilde
by Oscar Wilde
US $10.49
Published by Crescent Books, July 1, 1995
"An all-encompassing collection of the author's
plays, stories, poems, and children's works offers
The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance
of Being Earnest, The Ballad of Reading
Gaol, Lady Windemere's Fan,
and Salome."
—Amazon.com


The Importance of Being a Wit : The Insults of Oscar Wilde
by Oscar Wilde, Maria Leach (Compiler)
US $8.76
Published by Carroll & Graf, April 1, 1997
"This illustrated collection features over 750
of [Wilde's] biting comments."— Amazon.com.




George Bernard Shaw

cover Pygmalion and My Fair Lady
by George Bernard, Shaw
US $4.76
Published by New American Library, August 1994
Shaw's play in the same edition with the
beloved Lerner/Loeb musical adaptation.


Bernard Shaw's Plays :
Major Barbara, Heartbreak House,
Saint Joan, Too True to Be Good
by George Bernard, Shaw
US $15.00
Published by W.W. Norton & Company, Dec. 1970
Norton's reliable edition of the four plays.


Plays by George Bernard Shaw
(Mrs. Warren's Profession, Arms and the Man,
Candida, Man and Superman)
by George Bernard Shaw
US $4.76
Published by New American Library, Oct 1989
A most affordable edition of these four plays.


Plays Extravagant :
Too True to Be Good/the Simpleton of
the Unexpected Isles/the Millionairess
by George Bernard Shaw
US $7.96
Published by Penguin USA , May 1, 1992
Three lesser-known Shaw plays in one edition.


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