The Oscar Wilde Collection [http://www.oscarwildecollection.com/ ] - Added after its initial publication, the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray allowed Oscar Wilde to directly address some of the initial criticism of his rather controversial novel. Perhaps one of the most well-known epigrams offered in that statement is "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all." Visitors to this site can read this preface (and the complete novel), along with many other works by Wilde. These works include "The Happy Prince and Other Stories", "A House of Pomegranates", and plays like "An Ideal Husband" and "The Importance of Being Earnest". Of course, visitors should not overlook his masterful poem, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol". >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007. http://scout.wisc.edu/ [Photo: http://affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/imagesoscar-wilde-2-small.jpg]
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