Oscar's books / by Thomas Wright.
Oscar's books / by Thomas Wright.
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Publisher
London : Chatto & Windus, 2008.
Date
2008.
Call Numbers
N828.809/33
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 370 p. : ill. (some col.), ports ; 23 cm.
Contents
Chronlogy of Wilde's Life -- Introduction One of the greatest of the many worlds -- Pt. I Built Out of Books -- Pt. II The Library -- Pt. III A Library of Lamentations -- Afterword: 'Tutti gli angeli -- App. I Wilde's letter to the Pall Mall Gazette on tbe Subject of 'The Best Hundred Books' -- App....
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Publisher
London : Chatto & Windus, 2008.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"Oscar's Books tells the story of Wilde's life, from his childhood in Dublin, where he was nurtured on Celtic myth, Romantic poetry and Irish folklore; through his undergraduate years in Oxford, where he built his intellect out of books; to prison, where books saved his sanity; and to his final days in Paris, where he consoled himself with old favo...
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Oscar's books / by Thomas Wright.
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N828.809/33
Record Identifier
74VM0mw4pAOg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0mw4pAOg
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ISBN
0701180617 (hbk.)
9780701180614 (hbk.)
DDC
828.809
MMS ID
991001662599702626
