Oscar Wilde: The Comedy and the Tragedy Audiobook

" This book is pretty dope. With cool gory ink-drawings of the severed head. "

" It was overly romanticized. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I was familiar with the biblical tale. "

" This is another play in my book of plays by Oscar Wilde. I didn't really enjoy this one as much as his other works, I can't really put my finger on why I didn't. It just wasn't that appealing to me. "

" wow, very rich and well-written. You fall deeply and easily for this book! "

" What did I just read, even? But ah well, probably another play that would've been wonderful to see live. "

" Interesting take. I don't know that the play adds anything that valuable to the original gospel account. Well-written. I can appreciate the skill of the writer, but the play was a little boring for me. "

" Intriguing one-act play regarding John the Baptist's beheading. Slightly strange and a little disconcerting, but also quite thought-provoking. "

" I had to read this for school and it was actually the first book for school that I liked. It was quite an interesting story :) "

" What the fuck did I just read? "

" Inarguably one of my perennially favorite plays. Five stars for vison, compulsion, the perfection of aesthetic, the religion of the theater, and sheer lyricism. One of the few poetic dramas in English since Shakespeare's time worth a damn aside from Yeats. "

" As beautifully dark as I remember it... Maybe someday I will get around to reading it in French. "

" Salome presents the underpinnings of every act of violence and love, and is the truest iteration of the aesthetics of their blurring. "

" You can not have everything you want unless your wish is pure and based on your emotions and hard work. The shallownes can only bring unhappiness and destruction of ones own person. "

" I thought this was a little depressing, unlike some of Wilde's funnier, lighter work. "

" Pretty, but weird. Which I guess I knew, since I saw it once. "

" dark, satirical "Biblical" play. Love Wilde's cynical, trademark witticism rounding out the grand finale with Salome, Herod, and Herodias! If all 19th Century drama were like this, I'd be enjoying vast loads more of it ;-) "

" A few bright spots, but pretty flat. "

" Rich and indulgent with language and imagery, expressing the depths of one's depravity and decadence, Wilde's play is a florid and poignant exploration of gender reversal. "