Advantages: Everything Oscar Wilde has written
Disadvantages: Cheap and tacky book won't last long

...Firstly Oscar Wilde was a genius and it follows that any complete collection of his works is therefore good. That siad a complete collection also has its flaws. Firstly the book is bulky and probably won't last long if your an avid reader. The print is small and the paper cheap. A true fan of wilde would probably be better off spending money on a decent edition of his works or buying their favourite pieces seperatly. That said the content of this collection is superb. It includes all the well-known pieces adn much that is less well-known but no less readable. Some of the early poetry is not particuarly good and the essays and de profundis are hard going especially if you know little about wilde. The intor is servicable but nothing special and is worth reading as an overview. Wildes works thought are welll worth reading... Read review

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Advantages: Very funny and insightful
Disadvantages: Not as good as reading complete Wilde

...I’ve always been quite a fan of quotations, and own several dictionaries or collections of such. It’s perhaps not entirely coincidence that I’ve also become quite a fan of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Although best known for his plays (such as The Importance of Being Earnest - a film version made a few years ago), I first really came to appreciate his genius when reading his works on art (indeed David Cooper’s ‘Blackwell’s Companion to Aesthetics’ includes an entry on Wilde, noting how in many ways his attitudes to art display a Platonic influence). Wilde had an aphorism for every occasion, and is so widely quoted many of his phrases will no doubt be familiar (“I can resist everything except temptation”, “To lose one parent…may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness”). I think what really makes them is that they... Read review

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Advantages: A generally nice animated film
Disadvantages: Lacks orignality, and it's no Monsters Inc!

...-----Why did I buy this film?----- We were meant to be going to a party last night, but unfortunately it was cancelled. Hubby and I went onto plan B - DVDs, pizza and a bottle of vodka and diet coke! We went to Blockbusters and bought DVDs from the 3 for £20 range of ex-rentals (therefore costing £6.66 per DVD). We bought 3 each, and one of my 3 was "The Wild" - Disney's 46th Animated Classic (according to the DVD box). In general hubby and I love animated films - I had heard some not so good comments about this film, but I was prepared to give it the benefit of the doubt. -----Background----- If you've seen the film "Madagascar", you will immediately notice similarities…..animals in Central Park Zoo in New York…escape to experience being in the wild. However, the story is a little bit different, and I certainly think it... Read review

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