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Author : Jane Francesca Wilde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Lady Jane Wilde's Letters to Mr. John Hilson written by Jane Francesca Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lady Wilde
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ISBN 13 : 9780773437630
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (376 download)
Download or read book Lady Jane Wilde's Letters to Mr. John Hilson, 1847-1876 written by Lady Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Sturgis
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0525656375
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)
Download or read book Oscar Wilde written by Matthew Sturgis and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fullest, most textural, most accurate—most human—account of Oscar Wilde's unique and dazzling life—based on extensive new research and newly discovered materials, from Wilde's personal letters and transcripts of his first trial to newly uncovered papers of his early romantic (and dangerous) escapades and the two-year prison term that shattered his soul and his life. "Simply the best modern biography of Wilde." —Evening Standard Drawing on material that has come to light in the past thirty years, including newly discovered letters, documents, first draft notebooks, and the full transcript of the libel trial, Matthew Sturgis meticulously portrays the key events and influences that shaped Oscar Wilde's life, returning the man "to his times, and to the facts," giving us Wilde's own experience as he experienced it. Here, fully and richly portrayed, is Wilde's Irish childhood; a dreamy, aloof boy; a stellar classicist at boarding school; a born entertainer with a talent for comedy and a need for an audience; his years at Oxford, a brilliant undergraduate punctuated by his reckless disregard for authority . . . his arrival in London, in 1878, "already noticeable everywhere" . . . his ten-year marriage to Constance Lloyd, the father of two boys; Constance unwittingly welcoming young men into the household who became Oscar's lovers, and dying in exile at the age of thirty-nine . . . Wilde's development as a playwright. . . becoming the high priest of the aesthetic movement; his successes . . . his celebrity. . . and in later years, his irresistible pull toward another—double—life, in flagrant defiance and disregard of England's strict sodomy laws ("the blackmailer's charter"); the tragic story of his fall that sent him to prison for two years at hard labor, destroying his life and shattering his soul.
Author : Richard Cobden
Publisher : Oxford University Press (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0199211973
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book The Letters of Richard Cobden written by Richard Cobden and published by Oxford University Press (UK). This book was released on 2007 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume of Cobden's Letters covers the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, and the preliminary negotiations over the Anglo-French Commercial Treaty of 1860. It reveals the tension between public and private life experienced by Cobden from 1854 until 1859.
Author : Eleanor Fitzsimons
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1468313266
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)
Download or read book Wilde's Women written by Eleanor Fitzsimons and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A lively debut biography of the flamboyant Irish writer . . . focusing on the women who loved and supported him” (Kirkus Reviews). In this essential work, Eleanor Fitzsimons reframes Oscar Wilde’s story and his legacy through the women in his life, including such scintillating figures as Florence Balcombe; actress Lillie Langtry; and his tragic and witty niece, Dolly, who, like Wilde, loved fast cars, cocaine, and foreign women. Fresh, revealing, and entertaining, full of fascinating detail and anecdotes, Wilde’s Women relates the untold story of how a beloved writer and libertine played a vitally sympathetic role on behalf of many women, and how they supported him in the midst of a Victorian society in the process of changing forever. “Fitzsimons reminds us of the many writers, actresses, political activists, professional beauties and aristocratic ladies who helped shape the life and legend of the era’s greatest wit, esthete and sexual martyr . . . provide[s] a potted biography of the multitalented writer and gay icon . . . highly enjoyable.” —The Washington Post “Fitzsimons brilliantly calls attention to the progressive ideas and beliefs which drew the most daring and interesting women of the time to his side. The depth and painstaking care of Fitzsimons’ research is a fitting tribute to Wilde’s fascinating life and exquisite writing—and really, what better compliment is there than that?” —High Voltage
Author : Emer O'Sullivan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608199886
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)
Download or read book The Fall of the House of Wilde written by Emer O'Sullivan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of Oscar Wilde that places him within the context of his family and social and historical milieu--a compelling volume that finally tells the whole story. It's widely known that Oscar Wilde was precociously intellectual, flamboyant, and hedonistic--but lesser so that he owed these characteristics to his parents. Oscar's mother, Lady Jane Wilde, rose to prominence as a political journalist, advocating a rebellion against colonialism in 1848. Proud, involved, and challenging, she opened a salon and was known as the most scintillating hostess of her day. She passed on her infectious delight in the art of living to Oscar, who drank it in greedily. His father, Sir William Wilde, was acutely conscious of injustices of the social order. He laid the foundations for the Celtic cultural renaissance in the belief that culture would establish a common ground between the privileged and the poor, Protestant and Catholic. But Sir William was also a philanderer, and when he stood accused of sexually assaulting a young female patient, the scandal and trial sent shockwaves through Dublin society. After his death, the Wildes decamped to London where Oscar burst irrepressibly upon the scene. The one role that didn't suit him was that of Victorian husband, as his wife, Constance, was to discover. For beneath his swelling head was a self-destructive itch: a lifelong devourer of attention, Oscar was unable to recognize when the party was over. Ultimately, his trial for indecency heralded the death of decadence--and his own. In a major repositioning of our first modern celebrity, The Fall of the House of Wilde identifies Oscar Wilde as a member of one of the most dazzling Irish American families of Victorian times, and places him in the broader social, political, and religious context. It is a fresh and perceptive account of one of the most prominent characters of the late nineteenth century.
Author : Lady Wilde
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486120767
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Legends, Charms and Superstitions of Ireland written by Lady Wilde and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowhere in the nineteenth century did interest in folklore and mythology have a more thorough revival than in Ireland. There, in 1887, Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde, Oscar Wilde's mother and a well-known author in her own right, compiled this collection of charming, authentic folk tales. Collected from among the peasantry and retaining their original simplicity, the myths and legends reveal delightfully the Irish people's relationship with a spiritual and invisible world populated by fairies, elves, and evil beings. Included in Lady Wilde's collection, among others, are eerie tales of "The Horned Women," "The Holy Well and the Murderer," and "The Bride's Death-Song," as well as beguiling accounts of superstitions concerning the dead, celebrations and rites, animal legends, and ancient charms. The first book to link Irish folklore with nationalism, Legends illustrates the mythic underpinnings of the Irish character and signals the country's cultural reemergence. It remains, said the Evening Mail, "an important contribution to the literature of Ireland and the world's stock of folklore."
Author : Leah Townsend
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN 13 : 0806306211
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)
Download or read book South Carolina Baptists, 1670-1805 written by Leah Townsend and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1974 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baptist Churches of South Carolina and list of Baptists.
Author : Lady Wilde
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland written by Lady Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1114 pages
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Download or read book The Publisher written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wilde Jane Francesca Wilde
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017895865
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (958 download)
Download or read book Driftwood From Scandinavia written by Wilde Jane Francesca Wilde and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Total Pages : 1116 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1960 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lewis M. Gross
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Past and Present of DeKalb County, Illinois written by Lewis M. Gross and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Robert Bent Hathaway
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN 13 : 0806304413
Total Pages : 1794 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)
Download or read book The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register written by James Robert Bent Hathaway and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1970 with total page 1794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chief among its contents we find abstracts of land grants, court records, conveyances, births, deaths, marriages, wills, petitions, military records (including a list of North Carolina Officers and Soldiers of the Continental Line, 1775-1782), licenses, and oaths. The abstracts derive from records now located in the state archives and from the public records of the following present-day counties of the Old Albemarle region: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington, and the Virginia counties of Surry and Isle of Wight.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 956 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Postal Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jules Amedee Barbey D'Aurevilly
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ISBN 13 : 9781933527185
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (271 download)
Download or read book What Never Dies written by Jules Amedee Barbey D'Aurevilly and published by . This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A love affair between a young man and an older noblewoman, tranlsated by Oscar Wilde while he was in exile in France.
