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Title: Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde, Vyvyan B. Holland, Merlin Holland, Rupert Hart-Davis ISBN: 0-8050-5915-6 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: December, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wilde speaking for himself
Comment: This book is an absolue delight, a most wonderful portrait of one of the most interesting figures in history. When people think of Oscar Wilde, they think scandals and love affairs. Wilde has most certainly been made into a larger than life character. This book humanizes Wilde, gives him a chance to speak for himself, to show what he really was. His business corrospondnce, letters to his children, these simple writings from his everyday life show a sign of Wilde that people do not think about. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
Rating: 3
Summary: The not so "Wilde" writings of Oscar...
Comment: As one of those people who has always found Oscar Wilde an interesting and inscrutable character I had great expectations and an insatiable desire to finally peruse the epistolary output of this remarkable man. Sadly and I will add through no fault of the editors of this opus this compilation will probably leave most readers still searching for insight. Many of these letters (if not the majority) deal with very mundane issues (e.g. business arrangements,inquiries to publishers, very conventional thank you notes and in the post-gaol notes a good number of entreaties for money). Of course this book does contain De Profundis which does present some fascinating insights about the way his mind was functioning during his incarceration as well as the great indignities attendant with this. I would still recommend this to the diehard Wilde fanatic but to the novice would recommend a good standard biography (Ellman's for example).
Rating: 5
Summary: WILDE with delight!
Comment: Though Mr. Wilde is indeed dead, his memory and writing is still with us. With this new book, "THE COMPLETE LETTERS OF OSCAR WILDE" you get a total new insiders glance on Oscar Wilde and his life. If you are a fan of Oscar Wilde, merely just heard of him, or a fan of literature, this is a must-have!
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Title: Oscar Wilde by RICHARD ELLMANN ISBN: 0394759842 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 05 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom : A Book of Quotations by Oscar Wilde ISBN: 0486401464 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 15 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $1.00 |
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Title: Son of Oscar Wilde by Merlin Holland, Vyvyan B. Holland ISBN: 0786707011 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde ISBN: 006096393X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 27 September, 1989 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Bosie : The Man, The Poet, The Lover of Oscar Wilde by Murray Douglas ISBN: 0786887702 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 19 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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