The Nightingale and the Rose, The Sphinx Without a Secret
Oscar Wilde1888

In the melancholy story The Nightingale and the Rose, Oscar Wilde turns to the superficiality of society and man, a theme that also reappears in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Another sample of Oscar Wilde's short prose can be found in The Sphinx Without a Secret, the story of a woman who seemingly harbours a dark secret.