In print since 1948, this is a single-volume collection of Oscar Wilde's texts. It contains his only novel, "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters. Illustrated with many photographs, the book includes introductions to each section by Wilde's grandon, Merlin Holoand, Owen Dudley Edwards, Declan ...
Oscar Wilde's own grandson, with the help of actor and author Simon Callow--who has performed Wilde's work on stage--capture the essence of this wittiest of all playwrights. Set in Paris, where he fled after the scandalous trial that revealed his homosexuality, Wilde chats about language, his mother (an esteemed Irish folklorist), transforming his ...
Wilde's earliest scenario of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST--very little of which eventually made it to the stage--is described in one of the gems of his correspondence, which is collected here in full for the first time. In this volume of his complete letters, the range of Wilde's imagination and intelligence can be felt, even as the letters ...
Of all 19th-century letter writers, Oscar Wilde is among the greatest. Revealing him at his sparkling, spontaneous, fluent best, these letters bear that most familiar of Wildean hallmarks the lightest of touches for the most serious of subjects. He comments openly on his life and his work, from the early years of undergraduate friendship, ...
The most comprehensive collection of photographs of Oscar Wilde ever published, taken largely from the private collections of his grandson Merlin Holland.
In print since 1948, this is a single-volume collection of Oscar Wilde's texts. It contains his only novel, "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters. Illustrated with many photographs, the book includes introductions to each section by Wilde's grandon, Merlin Holoand, Owen Dudley Edwards, Declan ...
One of the most famous love affairs in literary history is that of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Bosie Douglas. As a direct consequence of this relationship, Wilde underwent three trials in quick succession in 1895, marking the beginning of the end for his celebrated career. In the first, he sued the Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel for ...
This collection of over 150 photographs and cartoons illuminates the life of Oscar Wilde, from his childhood, fame and imprisonment through to his death in Paris in 1900.
An illustrated anthology of Oscar Wilde's life and works. An enchanting and handy-sized anthology of Oscar Wilde's works that includes extracts from the plays, stories, poems, essays and letters, selected and introduced by Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde's grandson. Published at the end of the century to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ...
A pithy collection of the wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde, drawn from his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters. The excerpts have been selected and introduced by Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde's grandson. The book also includes a chronological table of Wilde's life and works.
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