His talent was prodigious: the author of brilliant social comedies, fairy stories, critical dialogues, poems, and a novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. In addition to Dorian Gray, this volume represents all these genres, including such works as Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest, 'The Happy Prince', 'The Critic as Artist', and 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol'.Contents:FictionLord Arthur Savile's CrimeThe Happy PrinceThe Devoted FriendThe Picture of Dorian GrayCritical DialoguesThe Decay of LyingThe Critic as Artist Part IThe Critic as Artist Part IIPlaysSalomeLady Windermere's FanAn Ideal HusbandThe Importance of Being EarnestPoemsThe Harlot's HouseThe SphinxThe Ballad of Reading GaolPoems in ProseThe ArtistThe DiscipleThe House of JudgementAphorismsA Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-EducatedPhrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young