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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Edited with an Introduction by Robert
Mighall and a Preface by Peter Ackroyd
First published to scandal and protest in
1891, this story of a flamboyant hedonist
is a sterling example of Wilde’s wit and
aestheticism.
304 pp. 978-0-14-143957-0 $8.00
The Soul of Man Under Socialism and
Selected Critical Prose
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Linda Dowling
Wilde’s critical writings reveal a rarely
seen side of the famously witty playwright,
showing him as a deep and serious reader
of literature and philosophy as well as
an eloquent thinker about society and
art. This illuminating collection includes
“The Portrait of Mr. W. H.,” “In Defence
of Dorian Gray,” and the essays from
Intentions.
432 pp. 978-0-14-043387-6 $13.00
JohN wIlMot,
earl oF rochester
1647 – 1680, english
Selected Works
Edited with an Introduction and
Notes by Frank H. Ellis
While living a life of reckless debauchery,
Rochester produced comic verse, scurrilous
satires, and highly explicit erotica. His
works show him to be one of the wittiest
and most complex poets of the seventeenth
century. With endless literary disguises,
rhymes and alliteration, humor and
humanity, Rochester’s poems hold
up a mirror to the extravagances and
absurdities of his age.
160 pp. 978-0-14-042459-1 $12.00
harrIet e. wIlsoN
1825 – 1900, american
*Our Nig
or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
Edited by P. Gabrielle Foreman and
Reginald H. Pitts
Introduction by P. Gabrielle Foreman
For the 150th anniversary of its first
publication, an expanded edition of the
autobiographical narrative that stands
as one of the most important firsthand
accounts of the black experience in the
antebellum North. It incorporates new
research showing that Harriet E. Wilson
was not only a pioneering African
American literary figure but also a
successful entrepreneur.
176 pp. 978-0-14-310576-3 $13.00
Penguin Readers Guide Available
oweN wIster
1860 – 1938, american
The Virginian
With an Introduction and Notes by
John Seelye
Set in the vast Wyoming territory, Wister’s
powerful story of the silent stranger who
rides into the uncivilized West and defeats
the forces of evil embodies one of the most
enduring themes in American mythology.
458 pp. 978-0-14-039065-0 $11.00
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