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Authors, Irish 19th century Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Parodies, imitations, etc Great Britain Social conditions 19th century Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) Fiction Jack, the Ripper Fiction Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) Fiction Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 Travel United States Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 FictionFitzsimons, Eleanor
Summary: Hailed as a gay icon and pioneer of individualism, Oscar Wilde's insistence that "there should be no law for anybody," made him a staunch defender of gender equality. Women were central to his life and career: from his relationship with his extraordinary mother, Jane, and the tragedy of his sister Isola's early death, to his accomplished wife, Constance, and a coterie of other free-thinking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Duckworth 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDE, OSCAR FITDay, Barry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Second Opinion, Inc. 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC Day,Belford, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDE, OSCAR BELFriedman, David M.
Summary: Oscar Wilde was hired to go to America to promote a Gilbert & Sullivan work by presenting lectures on interior decorating. But Wilde had his own business plan. He would go to promote himself. And he did, traveling some 15,000 miles and visiting 150 American cities as he created a template for fame creation that still works today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDE, OSCAR FRIHolland, Merlin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.809 HOLSturgis, Matthew
Summary: "The first full biography of Oscar Wilde in more than thirty years"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDE, OSCAR STUEllmann, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDE, OSCAR ELLMendelssohn, Michèle
Summary: Witty, inspiring, and charismatic, Oscar Wilde is one of the Greats of English literature. Today, his plays and stories are beloved around the world. But it was not always so. His afterlife has given him the legitimacy that life denied him. 'Making Oscar Wilde' reveals the untold story of young Oscar's career in Victorian England and post-Civil War America. Set on two continents, it tracks a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018