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Il fantasma di Canterville - Il principe felice
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Il fantasma di Canterville
Il principe felice
Il gigante egoista
Il pescatore e la sua anima
Il figlio delle stelle
Il fantasma di Canterville
Il principe felice
Il gigante egoista
Il pescatore e la sua anima
Il figlio delle stelle
160 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1882
About the author
Oscar Wilde
5,946 books40.2k followersOscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and his criminal conviction for gross indecency for homosexual acts.
Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. In his youth, Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, he read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.
Wilde tried his hand at various literary activities: he wrote a play, published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on "The English Renaissance" in art and interior decoration, and then returned to London where he lectured on his American travels and wrote reviews for various periodicals. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). Wilde returned to drama, writing Salome (1891) in French while in Paris, but it was refused a licence for England due to an absolute prohibition on the portrayal of Biblical subjects on the English stage. Undiscouraged, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late-Victorian London.
At the height of his fame and success, while An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) were still being performed in London, Wilde issued a civil writ against John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel. The Marquess was the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. The libel hearings unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and criminal prosecution for gross indecency with other males. The jury was unable to reach a verdict and so a retrial was ordered. In the second trial Wilde was convicted and sentenced to two years' hard labour, the maximum penalty, and was jailed from 1895 to 1897. During his last year in prison he wrote De Profundis (published posthumously in abridged form in 1905), a long letter that discusses his spiritual journey through his trials and is a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. On the day of his release, he caught the overnight steamer to France, never to return to Britain or Ireland. In France and Italy, he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life.
Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. In his youth, Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, he read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.
Wilde tried his hand at various literary activities: he wrote a play, published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on "The English Renaissance" in art and interior decoration, and then returned to London where he lectured on his American travels and wrote reviews for various periodicals. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). Wilde returned to drama, writing Salome (1891) in French while in Paris, but it was refused a licence for England due to an absolute prohibition on the portrayal of Biblical subjects on the English stage. Undiscouraged, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late-Victorian London.
At the height of his fame and success, while An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) were still being performed in London, Wilde issued a civil writ against John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel. The Marquess was the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. The libel hearings unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and criminal prosecution for gross indecency with other males. The jury was unable to reach a verdict and so a retrial was ordered. In the second trial Wilde was convicted and sentenced to two years' hard labour, the maximum penalty, and was jailed from 1895 to 1897. During his last year in prison he wrote De Profundis (published posthumously in abridged form in 1905), a long letter that discusses his spiritual journey through his trials and is a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. On the day of his release, he caught the overnight steamer to France, never to return to Britain or Ireland. In France and Italy, he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life.
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January 7, 2018
Il Fantasma di Canterville breve romanzo scritto in modo semplice, preciso, ironico, che risalta il modo di essere della aristocrazia inglese, legata alle tradizioni del passato, e dell’alta borghesia americana, molto pratica e quindi legata al presente ed alle cose concrete. Divertente il passaggio in cui la famiglia Otis dice di non credere nell’esistenza del fantasma, perché altrimenti impresari americani l’avrebbero già comprato e messo in qualche museo.
La lettura di questo racconto penso sia divertente per i bambini, anche grazie alle divertenti marachelle dei due gemellini ai danni del fantasma.
Piacevoli anche le altre favole, scritte sempre con uno stile estremamente semplice. Non sono però le classiche favole con lieto fine, ma favole che cercano di lasciare lezioni di vita.
La lettura di questo racconto penso sia divertente per i bambini, anche grazie alle divertenti marachelle dei due gemellini ai danni del fantasma.
Piacevoli anche le altre favole, scritte sempre con uno stile estremamente semplice. Non sono però le classiche favole con lieto fine, ma favole che cercano di lasciare lezioni di vita.
April 12, 2020
Sciapa edizione di 5 noti racconti, il cui migliore e divertente rimane Il fantasma di Canterville. Gli altri sono scritti con cura e stucchevolezza, e ognuno di essi sottende ad insegnamenti morali di varia natura, molto prossimi ai luoghi comuni del sentire cattolico. Dal punto di vista educativo non li farei leggere ad un fanciullo, se non il primo di essi.
November 27, 2017
Oscar Wilde appassiona sempre. Ne "Il fantasma di Canterville" usa decisamente un modo divertente e ironico per affrontare un tema spaventoso come quello dei fantasmi.
Entrambi romanzi brevi, quasi un racconti, ma vivamente consigliati.
Entrambi romanzi brevi, quasi un racconti, ma vivamente consigliati.
May 18, 2025
L'ho da bambina al quinto anno della scuola primaria. Mi è rimasto nel cuore e oggi da educatrice l'ho raccontato e rielaborato con bambini ragazzi in più occasioni. Un piccolo capolavoro comico e misterioso, irriverente e romantico.
October 28, 2021
Divertente, irriverente e scorrevole al massimo.
L'ho davvero apprezzato tantissimo ed è stata quindi una piacevole sorpresa.
L'ho davvero apprezzato tantissimo ed è stata quindi una piacevole sorpresa.
February 13, 2022
Voto: 7,5
Avevo da tempo questa raccolta di racconti in libreria, ma non mi era mai venuta la giusta ispirazione. A fine gennaio mi sono convinta ad ascoltare i racconti in audiolibro ed è stata un'esperienza molto piacevole.
Le storie sono più per ragazzi/e, che per adulti/e, ma non per questo non vanno letti se non se ne è ancora avuta l'occasione! Sono storie che hanno una morale e servono proprio a "educare" i più giovani: alcune sono più toccanti, altre un po' meno. Se siete in cerca di un libro da consigliare in particolare a lettori/lettrici adolescenti, questo è adatto 😊
Avevo da tempo questa raccolta di racconti in libreria, ma non mi era mai venuta la giusta ispirazione. A fine gennaio mi sono convinta ad ascoltare i racconti in audiolibro ed è stata un'esperienza molto piacevole.
Le storie sono più per ragazzi/e, che per adulti/e, ma non per questo non vanno letti se non se ne è ancora avuta l'occasione! Sono storie che hanno una morale e servono proprio a "educare" i più giovani: alcune sono più toccanti, altre un po' meno. Se siete in cerca di un libro da consigliare in particolare a lettori/lettrici adolescenti, questo è adatto 😊
September 25, 2024
Ambas novelas hermosas, pero el príncipe feliz tiene un mensaje potencialmente superior
July 8, 2024
Solo leí el fantasma de Canterville es bueno apesar de que me obligaron a leerlo estan genial lo ame lo único es que no me gustó fue la diferencia de edad de Virginia y el fantasma luego me gustaron muchas cosas
February 9, 2014
Divertente!
Molto attuale!
Molto attuale!
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