Oscar Wilde

Wilde, Oscar / Martin Jarvis / Gyles Brandreth: Great Trials - Oscar Wilde sodomy trial 1895 - Audio Book - Adaptation by Gyles Brandreth, Toronto Tangled Web Audio 1996 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 189655203X
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Audio Book on Tape Set 2 tapes in original case. BRAND NEW from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... STILL SEALED in original publisher's Shrinkwrap ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Approx. playing time: 2-1/2 hours. ... ' Great Trials - Oscar Wilde ' Adaptation by Gyles Brandreth, read by Martin Jarvis. ... On February 18th, 1895 the Marquess of Queensberry left a visiting card at the Albemarle Club on which he had written " To Oscar Wilde posing as a sodomite ". The act led directly to a series of three trials , and the imprisonment of Oscar , full name Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde , for 2 years. He never got over the experience of being in jail ... gaol ... and died 3-1/2 years later in Paris at the age of 46 ... This audiobook expertly recreates the atmosphere of the courtroom, transporting the listener back over 100 years to witness one of the wittiest and most controversial trials in history ... " Great Trials - Oscar Wilde " ... The Trial of Oscar Wilde for sodomy; read by modern actor Martin Jarvis ... Audio Book Tape , 2 tape set , still sealed, never opened ... Brand New Gift Giving quality ... *** Securely packed for safe delivery ~ We've been shipping books across North America and around the World, since 1965 *** First Audio Book (Cassette); First

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HARRIS, FRANK. OSCAR WILDE, HIS LIFE AND CONFESSIONS, VOLS. I AND II. New York: Published by the Author, 1918.
Bound in green cloth boards and spine, bright gilt title to boards, spine gilt dulled. Mild rubbing of extremities. Previous owners decorative private library plate to pastedown, text toned, few mild fox spots to margins of illustrations, volume II front hinge starting, else tightly bound, clean. sm 8 vo, vol. I 320, vol. II. 321 -610, plus Shaw's piece 31 pp.

Harris's biography of his friend Oscar Wilde; along with Memories of Oscar Wilde, by Bernard Shaw. Chapters begin with Wilde's parents and his boyood, through his friendships, writings, marriage, relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, his great successs, trials, imprisonment and death. Six illustrations, included are a photo portrait of Wilde to volume I, and a photo portrait of Wilde and Douglas to volume II. Appendix in volume II includestwo poems of Lord Alfred Douglas, which were read in court to incriminate Wilde; a part of the unpublished portion of "De Profundis," also read in court to discredit Douglas; a note Wilde wrote to Warder Martin towards the end of his imprisonment, in Reading Goal, along with a facsimile of the note; various other letters; Mrs. Wilde's Epitaph, and other letters from Wilde, Douglas, etc. Criticisims, by Robert Ross; the lower corner of pages (603 last page of Appendix) 605 - 610 of the Criticisms are torn 3 by 2 inches, page 603 is blank in that area. However, allowing for a one inch margin, there are still a few letters or short words missing (pgs. 609 & 610 torn, no affect to wording. The jist of the sentence are clear on the other pages. Harris and Wilde became aquainted while Harris was editor of the Fortnightly Review. After Wilde has his essay "The Critic as an Artist" published, Harris wrote to him congratulating him. Harris remained a friend to Wilde through his trials and imprisonment, although the two had distinctly different characters. Although his biography is not entirely acurate it shows great respect for his friend. Hard Cover Very Good

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Holland, Vyvyan; Holland, Merlin (Foreword by): Son of Oscar Wilde, Oxford Oxford University Press 1988 ; weicher Einband / soft cover ISBN: 0192821970
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vi, 279 pp., [8] pp. of plates, illus., index; 20 cm. Firm binding, creased spine. Previous owner's name/inside front cover, otherwise unmarked. "As the public interest in Oscar Wilde grew, and the lies about him multiplied, Vyvyan Holland, Wilde's son, decided to write his own account of the '"Oscar Wilde scandal' and its aftermath. The first publication of Son of Oscar Wilde in 1954 was a daring endeavor, considering that homosexuality remained a crime in England at that time, and his father had been convicted of that crime. Now available with a new Foreword by Merlin Holland, Vyvyan Holland's son, this memoir--which Vyvyan Holland described as 'not a very amusing or entertaining story'--reveals Oscar Wilde as a much-loved though often absent member of the family. Focusing on the scandal from the point of view of a small boy, it dramatically portrays how the family dealt with Oscar's persecution, and after his death, attempted to deny that he ever lived by taking the extreme measure of changing the sons' names from Wilde to Holland. Vyvyan Holland describes in detail his early happy years followed by the exile and his years in Germany and Monaco, his return to England and his adolescent years, and his decision as a mature adult to lay to rest the bitter memory of his early years by recording them for posterity. This edition also contains 33 of Oscar Wilde's letters to friends; a reminiscence of Wilde by W.W. Ward; some prose poems by Wilde; letters from Lord Alfred Douglas to Vyvyan Holland; and several contemporary newspaper reports of events during and after the Oscar Wilde affair. A tragic story of prejudice, fear, and much sadness, this memoir reveals one boy's ability to survive such extreme cruelty and suffering." - Publisher. Trade Paperback 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Wilde Oscar: Fingerzeige ( Intentions ). Verdeutschung von F.P. Greve Wilde Oscar, J.C.C. Bruns, Minden, ( 1903 )
Oscar Wilde wurde am 16.10.1854 in Dublin geboren. Er starb am 30.11.1900 in Paris. Dort ist er auf dem Cimentiere du Pere-Lachaise begraben. Nach seinem Studium ging Oscar Wilde nach Amerika. Dort hielt er Vorträge über Ästhetik. Oscar Wilde heiratet und geht nach London, wo er die Frauenzeitschrift Women's World herausgab. Wegen seiner Freundschaft zum Bosie genannten Lord Alfred Douglas wurde Oscar Wilde wegen Homosexualität zu zwei Jahren Zuchthaus verurteilt. Nach seiner Entlassung ist er Alkoholiker und lebt unter dem falschen Namen Sebastian Melmoth in Italien und Frankreich. Oscar Wilde stirb in Paris im schäbigen Hotel d' Alsace. An seiner Beerdigung nehmen ganze 7 Personen teil. Der einzige Kranz, mit der Aufschrift: Meinem Mieter, kommt vom Besitzer des Hotels. Werke u.a.: Die Märchen, Das Gespenst von Canterville, Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray, Fingerzeige

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