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From the Author:
ON THE COMPLETE LETTERS OF OSCAR WILDE:
‘The long serpentine line of Oscar Wilde's career is traced here like some fiery scarlet thread. This is a marvellous volume, fully worthy of Wilde's own genius.' The Times
'A whole world is here. *****' Mail on Sunday
'The year's unputdownable joy.' Spectator
'The next best thing to Wilde's own presence. Opening this book, one walks into the company of a spirit so large and generous, of such dash and charm, that one is grateful such largesse has been captured at the very moment it is being distributed – to those recipients who were once as eager, as amused, as captivated as the readers of these letters will be today.' Irish Times
'Nowhere does he seem more sympathetic, or more engaging. The letters bring you as close as you can get to the man himself – warts and all, but magic and all as well. You get a wonderful sense, such as even the best biography couldn't quite give, of Wilde in action from day to day – living in the thick of society, hustling his career forward. Perpetually gripping.' Sunday Telegraph
'Here we have the whole triumph-to-tragedy in the writer's own wonderful words.' Literary Review
This edition contains hitherto unpublished poems
This edition is the first and only one to include a poem called 'La Circassienne', which I discovered in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. I also discovered different versions of two poems: 'Pan' and 'Desespoir'. These versions of the poems were copied from manuscripts collected together by one of Wilde's earliest editors and then appear to have been forgotten until they appeared in this selection.
This edition is the first and only one to include a poem called 'La Circassienne', which I discovered in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. I also discovered different versions of two poems: 'Pan' and 'Desespoir'. These versions of the poems were copied from manuscripts collected together by one of Wilde's earliest editors and then appear to have been forgotten until they appeared in this selection.
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- PublisherKessinger Publishing
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1432624075
- ISBN 13 9781432624071
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages524
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