Plays Prose Writings and Poems Author:Oscar Wilde The ebullient evangelist of irony, Wilde preached his gospel of wit and aestheticism to a public at once outraged and enchanted. This volume incorporates much of Wilde's best writing: The Picture of Dorian Gray; essays "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" and "The Critic as Artist"; his two best comedies, Lady Windmere's Fan and The Importance of B... more »eing Earnest; and his poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol.« less