Wilde’s works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit, and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry, and wit, of which the best known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults, which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life.
This book is finished in black, soft-touch linen, cloth-bound with metallic gold and matte colored foil blocking, complete with coordinated head and tail bands, a silk ribbon marker, and colored spray edges. The pages are sewn, and the endpapers are in two colors featuring an exclusive design by Holly Dunn.
About Wordsworth Classics The British family-owned publisher prints Wordsworth Classics, Wordsworth Editions. The firm was founded by Helen Trayler and Michael Trayler in 1987 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England.
