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The Collected Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
4.0
challenging informative slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

A solid collection and a decent introduction to Wilde's writing. There's a pretty wide spread here, from his short fiction to poetry to essays and some playwriting. I do think it would benefit from some more intensive contextualization ("The Soul of Man Under Socialism" for example would benefit from a little more context than was provided even in the endnotes.) But I do think it's a good introduction overall to Wilde's writing, and maybe paired with some more context would be really useful.