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1	Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance more books like this by Gyles Daubeney Brandreth add to wishlist One of Britains premier royal biographers pens the first in a series of fiendishly clever historical murder mysteries, featuring Oscar Wilde as the detective. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder: The Oscar Wilde Mysteries more books like this by Gyles Brandreth add to wishlist Brandreth pens the second witty installment in an astonishingly authentic historical murder mystery series featuring detective Oscar Wilde and his partner-in-crime, Arthur Conan Doyle. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
3	Oscar Wilde more books like this by Richard Ellmann add to wishlist In this long-awaited bioraphy, Wilde the legendary Victorian - brilliant writer and conversationalist, reckless flouter of social and sexual conventions - is brought to life. More astute and forbearing, yet more fallible than legend has allowed, Wilde is given here the dimensions of a modern hero. Based on fresh material from many hitherto ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.97! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Sense and Sensuality: Jesus Talks with Oscar Wilde on the Pursuit of Pleasure more books like this by Ravi K Zacharias add to wishlist Why is the world so full of pleasures if we aren't allowed to enjoy them? An imaginary Oscar Wilde seeks Jesus Christ's answer in Ravi Zacharias's entertaining dialogue. see all copies from $2.52! new only from $7.21!
5	Complete Works of Oscar Wilde more books like this by Oscar Wilde add to wishlist A collection of Oscar Wildes's many varied works. These include the tender fairy stories he wrote for his children; his novels, many of which shocked and outraged many readers of his day; plays which were enormously successful and continue to be so; and poems and essays. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	de Profundis more books like this by Oscar Wilde add to wishlist The famous letter Oscar Wilde sent from Reading Gaol, describing the events that led to his arrest and imprisonment. Wilde, one of the most famous men of his day as a result of his literary and theatrical successes, had been publicly accused of sodomy in 1895 by the Marquess of Queensbury, who was indignant over Wilde's friendship with his son, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.56! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Epistemology of the closet more books like this by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick add to wishlist What is at stake in male homo/heterosexual definition? Grounded in gay theory and politics and offering new paradigms for them, Sedgwick's book explores the consequences for our culture of a radical shift in turn-of-the-century Euro-American discourse: the moment when each person, in addition to having a gender based on the male/female dichotomy, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.70! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations more books like this by Oscar Wilde add to wishlist In this superlative collection of nearly 400 quotations by the great Irish playwright and wit, readers will find the very best of Wilde's scintillating comments on art, human nature, morals, society, politics, history, and numerous other subjects, including gems from his personal life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
9	Salome more books like this by Oscar Wilde add to wishlist Contains all the Aubrey Beardsley drawings and is the English translation undertaken by Lord Alfred Douglas of Wilde's most brilliant tale of passion, which was originally written in French to avoid (unsuccessfully) Victorian censorship. Salome is a simple tale of complex passion. Wilde's heroine bears no resemblance to her biblical origin. His ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Oscar Wilde, a Biography more books like this by H Montgomery Hyde add to wishlist Aesthete, dandy, poet, dramatist and philosopher Oscar Wilde's wit and charm dazzled society in London, America and Paris in the late 1880s. But the year 1895 brought Wilde literary triumph -with two plays achieving phenomenal success in London's West End -and personal disaster. Urged on by his friend Lord Alfred Douglas, Wilde brought a libel ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.43! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Son of Oscar Wilde more books like this by Vyvyan B Holland add to wishlist With its thirty-three previously unpublished Oscar Wilde letters and its poignant recollections of a man as spontaneous, humane, and sincere as he was prodigiously witty, Vyvyan Holland's memoir of his famous father has come to be regarded as a biographical classic in Wildean studies. Sharply observed, vivid, and dispassionate, it offers not only ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.94! \| first editions
12 view cover	Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde more books like this by Thomas Wright add to wishlist An entirely new kind of biography, "Built of Books" explores the mind and personality of Oscar Wilde through his taste in books. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $19.97! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Importance of Being Ernest more books like this by Oscar Wilde, Donald Carrier (Read by), Graham Abbey (Read by) add to wishlist To mark the centenary of Wilde's death, the Stratford Festival staged this unique production of the original, complete four-act version of this famous play. This does not replace the three act version, but does give the audience the opportunity to enjoy the play that Wilde originally wrote, with its extra characters, more pointed social commentary ... see all copies from $10.61! new only from $10.61! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde more books like this by Peter Raby (Editor) add to wishlist The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde offers an essential introduction to one of the theatre's most important and enigmatic writers. Although a general overview, the volume also offers some of the latest thinking on the dramatist and his impact on the twentieth century. Part One places Wilde's work within the cultural and historical context of ... see all copies from $15.02! new only from $23.62! \| SVS
15 view cover	Oscar Wilde's Last Stand: Decadence, Conspiracy, and the Most Outrageuos Trial ..... more books like this by Philip Hoare, Phillip Hoare add to wishlist In 1918, a production of Oscar Wilde's SALOME in London led to a libel trial when the star of the play was reported to be a member of a lesbian cult inspired by the "decadent excesses" of Wilde. This is an account of the trial, and of the postwar anti-homosexual social climate in England. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.92! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Picture of Dorian Gray: Authoritative Texts, Backgrounds, Reviews and Reactions, Criticism more books like this by Oscar Wilde, Donald L Lawler (Editor) add to wishlist Oscar Wilde's classic work is about a man who sells his soul for eternal youth: only his portrait ages, while he remains forever handsome and young. Wilde's allegory, first published in 1890, provides an interesting take on the Faust myth and also a probing examination of human values. Wilde himself described it as the story of "an idea that is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $44.73! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Importance of Being Earnest: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, Criticism more books like this by Oscar Wilde, Michael Patrick Gillespie (Editor) add to wishlist The text of this new Norton Critical Edition of Oscar Wilde's most famous play is the established three-act version. It is accompanied by explanatory annotations and by an appendix of excised portions. "Backgrounds" includes essays on Wilde and the 1890s by prominent cultural critics. Contemporary reviews and reactions are featured, among them ... see all copies from $11.74! new only from $12.41! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde more books like this by Joseph Pearce add to wishlist Vilified by fellow Victorians for his sexuality and his dandyism, in the 1990s, Oscar Wilde is hailed as a progressive sexual liberator. But this is not how Wilde saw himself. His actions and pretences did not bring him happiness and fulfilment: his art did. This study of Wilde's brilliant and tragic life does not linger on the mistakes which ... see all copies from $8.62! new only from $16.62! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Last Testament of Oscar Wilde more books like this by Peter Ackroyd add to wishlist Oscar Wilde never wrote a last testament during his isolation in Paris. This book takes the known facts about Oscar Wilde and converts them into a fictional portrait of the artist and memoir of a life of great contrast - a career which ended with a catastrophic fall from public favour. see all copies from $2.49! signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde more books like this by Merlin Holland, Rupert Hart-Davis add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $75.00! first editions
21 view cover	Oscar Wilde: A Life in Letters more books like this by Merlin Holland (Editor) add to wishlist 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, ... see all copies from $4.25! new only from $13.96! \| first editions
22 view cover	Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder more books like this by Gyles Brandreth add to wishlist The second witty installment in an astonishingly authentic historical mystery series featuring detective Oscar Wilde and his partner in crime, Arthur Conan Doyle It's 1892, and Wilde is the toast of London, riding high on the success of his play "Lady Windemere's Fan." While celebrating with friends at a dinner party he conjures up a game called ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Stories more books like this by Oscar Wilde add to wishlist Oscar Wilde's classic work is about a man who sells his soul for eternal youth: only his portrait ages, while he remains forever handsome and young. Wilde's allegory, first published in 1890, provides an interesting take on the Faust myth and also a probing examination of human values. Wilde himself described it as the story of "an idea that is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Life of Oscar Wilde more books like this by Hesketh Pearson add to wishlist This is the tragic story of Oscar Wilde, an accomplished comic writer, yet seemingly doomed by his own flawed temperament to suffer at the hands of a censorious and hypocritical society. The music is by Widor, Curzon, Dvorak, Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Chabrier. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
25 view cover	Gross indecency : the three trials of Oscar Wilde more books like this by Moises Kaufman add to wishlist "Thrilling unforgettable, maybe even life-changing it has the inevitablity and much of the monumentality of a Greek tragedy" (USA today) In 1895 Oscar Wilde brought a libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry for publicly maligning him as a sodomite, thus setting in motion a chain of events which culminated in Wilde's own conviction and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.22! \| SVS

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