Oscar Wilde
Subtitle: A Life
Publisher: Knopf
Published: Oct 12, 2021
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 838
ISBN-13: 9780525656364
Copyright date: 2018
First sentence: There was a great pressure for admission.
Description: "The first full biography of Oscar Wilde in more than thirty years"--
Notes: Source title: Oscar Wilde: A Life
Table of contents: title: Contents
pagenum: vii; title: Preface and Acknowledgments
pagenum: xi; title: Proem
pagenum: 3; label: I
title: The Star Child; label: 1
title: A Small Unruly Boy
pagenum: 11; label: 2
title: A Fair Scholar
pagenum: 26; label: 3
title: Foundation Scholarship
pagenum: 42; label: II
title: The Nightingale and the Rose; label: 1
title: Young Oxford
pagenum: 63; label: 2
title: Heart’s Yearnings
pagenum: 79; label: 3
title: Hellas!
pagenum: 96; label: 4
title: Specially Commended
pagenum: 110; label: III
title: The Happy Prince; label: 1
title: A Dream of Fair Women
pagenum: 133; label: 2
title: The Jester and the Joke
pagenum: 151; label: 3
title: Up to Snuff
pagenum: 162; label: 4
title: An English Poet
pagenum: 177; label: IV
title: The Remarkable Rocket; label: 1
title: The Best Place
pagenum: 193; label: 2
title: Go Ahead
pagenum: 206; label: 3
title: The Wide Great World
pagenum: 223; label: 4
title: Bully Boy
pagenum: 232; label: 5
title: Different Aspects
pagenum: 242; label: 6
title: The Dream of a Poet
pagenum: 250; label: V
title: The Devoted Friend; label: 1
title: Over the Seine
pagenum: 259; label: 2
title: First Drama
pagenum: 272; label: 3
title: Man of the Day
pagenum: 282; label: 4
title: New Relations
pagenum: 291; label: 5
title: In Black and White
pagenum: 302; label: 6
title: L'Amour de l'Impossible
pagenum: 312; label: 7
title: Women’s World
pagenum: 327; label: 8
title: A Study in Green
pagenum: 338; label: VI
title: The Young King; label: 1
title: A Man in Hew
pagenum: 351; label: 2
title: A Bad Case
pagenum: 364; label: 3
title: Suggestive Things
pagenum: 377; label: 4
title: The Best Society
pagenum: 387; label: 5
title: The Dance of the Seven Veils
pagenum: 396; label: 6
title: Charming Ball
pagenum: 407; label: 7
title: White and Gold
pagenum: 418; label: VII
title: The Selfish Giant; label: 1
title: The Eternal Quest for Beauty
pagenum: 433; label: 2
title: Feasting with Panthers
pagenum: 446; label: 3
title: Brief Summer Months
pagenum: 454; label: 4
title: Enemies of Romance
pagenum: 463; label: 5
title: Scarlet Marquess
pagenum: 473; label: 6
title: A Capacity for Being Amused
pagenum: 478; label: VIII
title: The House of Judgment; label: 1
title: The Last First Nights
pagenum: 495; label: 2
title: Hideous Words
pagenum: 503; label: 3
title: The Prosecutor
pagenum: 512; label: 4
title: Regina Versus Wilde
pagenum: 522; label: 5
title: The Torrent of Prejudice
pagenum: 536; label: IX
title: In Carcere et Vinculis; label: 1
title: The Head of Medusa
pagenum: 547; label: 2
title: The System
pagenum: 561; label: 3
title: From the Depths
pagenum: 568; label: X
title: The Fisherman and His Soul; label: 1
title: Asylum
pagenum: 585; label: 2
title: Artistic Work
pagenum: 595; label: 3
title: Outcast Men
pagenum: 606; label: 4
title: Bitter Experience
pagenum: 620; label: XI
title: The Teacher of Wisdom; label: 1
title: The Parisian Temple of Pleasure
pagenum: 627; label: 2
title: Going South
pagenum: 638; label: 3
title: All Over
pagenum: 625; title: L'Envoi
pagenum: 664; title: Abbreviations Used in the Notes
pagenum: 669; title: Notes
pagenum: 673; title: Index
pagenum: 801