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The Wilde Library

The Wilde Library

By: Oscar Wilde
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Welcome to The Wilde Library - a small, well-upholstered room of the mind where books are neither dusted nor forgiven, only opened.

Here we shelve the splendid, the scandalous, and the secretly sincere: comedies that cut like satin, stories that sparkle like poison, and ideas too beautifully dressed to behave. Each episode is an invitation to linger; between wit and wisdom, art and appetite, truth and the far more interesting thing - style.

After all, a library is simply a place where other people’s thoughts learn to flirt with your own.








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Episodes
  • The Nightingale and the Rose

    The Nightingale and the Rose
    Mar 29 2026
    In which a devoted Nightingale overhears a young Student’s sorrowful lament for a red rose to win his beloved’s hand, and resolves to create one through a song that demands the ultimate sacrifice. Her selfless act intertwines the mysteries of love and beauty with the delicate fragility of life, observed quietly by the garden’s natural creatures.
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    16 mins
  • The Happy Prince

    The Happy Prince
    Mar 26 2026
    In which a gilded statue known as the Happy Prince, perched high above a city, reveals a surprising sorrow beneath his beautiful exterior and enlists the aid of a devoted Swallow to ease the sufferings he perceives below. Through their secret generosity, they witness the stark contrast between the opulence of the rich and the hardship endured by the poor, unfolding a tale of compassion and sacrifice.
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    24 mins
  • La Sainte Courtisane

    La Sainte Courtisane
    Mar 23 2026
    In which a radiant and enigmatic woman named Myrrhina arrives in a stark desert landscape seeking out a reclusive hermit named Honorius, whose austere devotion to the love of God contrasts sharply with her sumptuous life and worldly allure. Their exchange, poised delicately between temptation and repentance, reveals the haunting tension between flesh and spirit beneath the blazing skies of the Thebaid.
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    15 mins
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