Aphorisms

About this film

LibriVox recording of Aphorisms, by Oscar Wilde. Read by Carl Manchester. In 1894, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) published two short collections of aphorisms: "A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated", in the Saturday Review newspaper, and "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young", in the Oxford student magazine The Chameleon. By turns witty, intellectual, counter-intuitive and obtruse, the collections came to be seen by many as emblematic of Wilde's style, and countless collections of Wildean aphorisms have since been published. (Summary by Carl Manchester) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. Download M4B (5MB)

Directors & creators

Oscar Wilde

Subjects

aphorisms; wilde; epigrams

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