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The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde (Hardcover, 2000)
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This edition marks the centenary of Oscar Wildes death, and is the most complete ever to appear. This magnificent collection is a major publishing event. Of all nineteenth-century letter writers Oscar Wilde is, predictably, one of the most sparkling.
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This edition marks the centenary of Oscar Wilde's death, and is the most complete ever to appear. It contains over 1500 of his letters, and anyone unfamiliar with Wilde as a correspondent will find it packed with unexpected delights. This magnificent collection is a major publishing event. Of all nineteenth-century letter writers Oscar Wilde is, predictably, one of the most sparkling. Wonderfully fluent in style, the letters bear that most familiar of Wildean hallmarks - the lightest of touches for the most serious of subjects. He knew and corresponded with many leading political, literary and artistic figures of the time including William Gladstone, George Curzon, W. B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris, Aubrey Beardsley and Max Beerbohm. Wilde's letters show him at his informal best. They comment openly on his life and his work from the early years of undergraduate friendship, through his year-long lecture tour in America as a striving and ambitious young `Professor of Aesthetics', to the short period of fame and success in the early 1890s followed by his disgrace and imprisonment. The last and most poignant section covers the five long years between his downfall and his early death in exile at forty-six. Even in adversity his humour does not desert him and he is able to share with his readers that greatest of gifts - the ability to smile at one's own misfortune.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139781857027815
eBay Product ID (ePID)90608660
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde
AuthorOscar Wilde
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2000
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages1296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height251mm
Item Width161mm
Item Weight2015g
Additional Product Features
EditorMerlin Holland, Rupert Hart-Davis
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 26 Jan, 2022
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This item was a great gift for my partner; she loves it! Being that we're both huge Wilde fans, this was an amazing find. Thank you so much 💜Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
