Oscar Wilde, illus. by Jeanne Bowman. Familius, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-64170-126-6
In a modern reimagining of Wilde’s classic tale, schoolchildren find refuge in a beautiful garden, but when a snarling, ginger-haired giant arrives, he angrily chases the children away and builds a “high wall” to keep them out—“He was a very selfish
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Oscar Wilde, Author, Mike Wild, Author, Ed Young, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $5.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-77819-4
Young's haunting pastels illustrate the classic story of a bird and a golden statue who give all to help the poor. Ages 6-8. (June)...
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Oscar Wilde, read by a full cast, L.A. Theatre Works, unabridged, 10 CDs, 8.5 hrs., $69.95 ISBN 978-1-5808-1753-0
Fans of Oscar Wilde will delight in this collection of four of the author’s best-loved plays and a theatrical adaptation of his only novel. These full-cast productions—Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, The Importance
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Oscar Wilde, edited by Nicholas Frankel. Harvard/Belknap, $35 (236p) ISBN 978-0-674-05792-0
First published in 1890 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine and the following year in novel form, The Picture of Dorian Gray categorically changed Victorian Britain and the landscape of literature. An ostentatious, self-confessed aesthete, known for...
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Edited by Nicholas Frankel. Harvard Univ, $29.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-674-27182-1
Frankel (The Invention of Oscar Wilde), an English professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, gathers a remarkable collection of Oscar Wilde’s critical writings. As Frankel notes Wilde’s criticism extends beyond just essays or treatises as he...
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Oscar Wilde, Author, P. Craig Russell, Illustrator . NBM $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56163-391-3
Two perfect prose miniatures find their ideal illustrator in this fourth volume of Russell's adaptations from Wilde. There are no happy little diversions for children here; Wilde appreciated childlike innocence, but he also realized how often it
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Oscar Wilde and P. Craig Russell. NBM (www.nbmpublishing.com), $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56163-626-6
While best known for The Picture of Dorian Gray and his plays, like The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde also penned popular fairy tales, which the Eisner Award–winning Russell has adapted into graphic novel form. “The Happy Prince” uses Wilde’s...
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Oscar Wilde, Author, P. J. Lynch, Illustrator MacMillan Publishing Company $15 (94p) ISBN 978-0-02-792765-8
The familiar cast of characters in this handsomely illustrated volume includes kings, princesses, a greedy giant, a penniless gardener and a foolishly lovesick student. Six fable-like stories, first published in 1888, exhibit flashes of the prolific
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Oscar Wilde, Author, Jane Ray, Illustrator Dutton Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-525-45367-3
Ray's (Magical Tales from Many Lands; The Story of Christmas) folksy, gilt-laden artwork graces this somewhat formal abridgment of Wilde's tale about an enchanted statue. The Happy Prince, who had lived a happy life and died a happy man, is now...
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Oscar Wilde, Author, Saelig Gallagher, Illustrator, Susan Saelig Gallagher, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (1p) ISBN 978-0-399-22448-5
Gallagher's (Moonhorse) eerily stylized paintings lend a haunting resonance to this moralistic tale of a hardened man who learns to open his heart. When the curmudgeonly Giant denies the local children access to his expansive garden, a great chill...
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Oscar Wilde, Author, Fiona Waters, Author, Fiona Waters, Retold by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-80319-2
An inventive manipulation of perspective and subtle shifts in palette mark Negrin's (Dora's Box) haunting paintings for this smooth retelling of Wilde's Christian allegory. Otherworldly in its angularity, the art intensifies the mystical quality of...
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Oscar Wilde, Author, Dom Mansell, Illustrator Prentice Hall $10.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-13-803586-0
Wilde's poignant tale of redemption deserves the renewed attention this volume gives it. In the story, a fierce giant who forbids little children to play in his garden is befriended by one small fellow. The giant's heart melts, and he allows the...
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Oscar Wilde, Author, Wilde/Young, Author, Ed Young, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $14.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-671-67754-1
Young's haunting, shadow-filled illustrations of the familiar Wilde story are exquisite. A swallow, seeking shelter on his way to a warm climate, is surprised to find the statue of the Happy Prince weeping because of the poverty and injustice he...
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Rudolf Steiner, Author, Oscar Wilde, Author, John W. Jackson, Editor Fourth Estate $13.95 (215p) ISBN 978-1-85702-334-3
""Uncollected"" is a slight misnomer. Jackson, a British publisher and essayist, has gathered these occasional pieces from The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (1908): they will be familiar to devoted readers, who have always known that the Divine...
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Merlin Holland, Editor, Rupert Hart-Davis, Editor, Oscar Wilde, Author Henry Holt & Company $45 (1270p) ISBN 978-0-8050-5915-1
On November 30, 1900, Wilde, 46, died in self-exile in Paris. This centenary volume of his correspondence, edited by Wilde's grandson (Holland) and the late editor of earlier volumes of Wilde's letters, includes many Hart-Davis omitted from previous
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