Oscar Wilde: which book should you start with?

The most accessible of the author's books in our catalogue.

Oscar WildeThe Canterville GhostThe Otis family, American and practical, buys an English manor said to have been haunted for three centuries. The ghost of Sir Simon multiplies apparitions, chains and bloodstains, without drawing from the newcomers the terror he expects. Humiliated by tenants who scrub away…Read bilingually →

• The Picture of Dorian Gray
• The Importance of Being Earnest