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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 828.809
EAN num: 9780140150933
ISBN number: 0140150935
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 752
Printing Date: July 30, 1981
Publishing house: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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This edition of Oscar Wilde's work - in addition to its inclusion of much personal correspondence - is a fascinating look at the author and, notably, his personal travails.
The novel, of course, and the plays are classics, but I found the letters to be a juicy narrative all their own. The twists and turns of his doomed affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, affectionately called "Bosie" in touching - and bitter - love notes from prison, are here to peruse. Reading them, you get a sense of Wilde's personal feelings at the time of his famed trial and arrest for sodomy, his anguish at losing Bosie and going to jail. It's fascinating, juicy stuff - made all the more touching by the fact that it all occurred without shame, in plain view, over 100 years ago.
Wilde's a great character, a great author, a good role model for gay life and a hysterical wit. And this book is a must.
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