The Best of Oscar Wilde (Duckbacks)

The Best of Oscar Wilde (Duckbacks)

by OscarWilde (Author), RobertPearce (Editor)

Synopsis

A flamboyant man of exuberant and sparkling wit - the master of epigram, aphorism, anecdote and paradox - Oscar Wilde delighted in outraging Victorian social and sexual conventions. Wilde is one of the most quotable of authors, as this collection of extracts from his prose and poetic works clearly demonstrates. It also illustrates the full range of interest, from the delightfully comic to the profoundly serious, of this supremely talented but ultimately tragic figure.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Published: 25 Jan 2002

ISBN 10: 0715631497
ISBN 13: 9780715631492

Media Reviews
'This collection... illustrates the full range of his interests and of his wit.' Oxford Times
Author Bio
Robert Pearce is Reader in History at the University College of St Martin, Lancaster, and a Fellowof the Royal Historical Society. The author of a dozen history books, he ha also edited and introduced six volumes in the Duckworth 'Sayings' series.