The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost is a short story that ingeniously combines humor, the supernatural, and social criticism. The story recounts the arrival of the Otis family, practical and modern Americans, at the old...
WILDE, Oscar
The Importance of Being Earnest
A play and farce subtitled "a trivial comedy for serious people". John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, Jack and Algy, are courting. Jack wants to marry Algy’s cousin Gwendolen Fairfax and Algy is the...
The picture of Dorian Gray
This is a gothic horror story that has been much censored and sanitised over the years in its myriad of editions. Dorian Gray is a handsome, ever-youthful, rich and charming man about town. He has...