ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: OSCAR WILDE'S SHORT STORIES, A GEM OF ENGLISH LITERATURE!

As a lover of  English literature, knowing the historical contexts where a piece of work was written, is essential to enjoy your reading much more; the Norton Anthology offers  a really good summary of the beginning of this interesting period. I think reading Oscar Wilde's great work is an incomparable way of introducing yourself in the atmosphere of 100 years ago from his original, wise and ironic point of view! Why don't you start by reading his short stories?