Beautiful and Impossible Things: Selected Essays of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde author Gyles Brandreth editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Notting Hill Editions
Published:1st Jul '18
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These essays reveal different and lesser known aspects to Oscar Wilde Wilde has always had the power to capture the public imagination like no other authorThis new selection of essays by Oscar Wilde show-cases the varied aspects of his genius. For Pearson, the biographer, the essays and dialogues illustrate the many faces of Wilde's extraordinary character: wit, romancer, talker, lecturer, humanist and scholar. The ideas expressed remain remarkably relevant to modern readers, whilst his popularity remains undiminished.
"First, it is an elegant linen-bound production that gives it a handsome feel in the hand, but then fits neatly into a pocket like something one should never travel without on the train. Moreover, it is purple—one of Wilde’s statement colors—which as a cover for Wilde’s sparkling prose renders it heliotrope with diamonds...it is a book that should always be with us when there are no flowers to look at and we want something to stir the intelligence." —John Cooper, Oscar Wilde in America (blog)
“The release of this lovely volume from Notting Hill Editions is a timely reminder that Oscar Wilde was more than just a wit, spouting aphorisms and ending up the subject of scandal and imprisonment.” —Shiny New Books
ISBN: 9781910749067
Dimensions: 190mm x 120mm x 18mm
Weight: 259g
228 pages