540 Search Results for: "Oscar Wilde"

... the chill stole over me and the stillness of night began to embrace me ...From Ireland's best Gothic writers come ten chilling stories to cast their dark enchantment over...

Winner of the John Avery Award at the Andre Simon Awards 2022'A triumph' The TLS 'This special and magical book has changed the way I see the world' Dan Saladino'Inspiration...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY 2003Paul Muldoon's ninth collection of poems, his first since Hay (1998), finds him working a rich vein that extends from the rivery, apple-heavy...

Young Minnie Sidgwick was just twelve years old when her cousin, twenty-three-year old Edward Benson, proposed to her in 1853. Edward went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury and little...

In Scandal Work: James Joyce, the New Journalism, and the Home Rule Newspaper Wars, Margot Gayle Backus charts the rise of the newspaper sex scandal across the fin de siecle...

In 1776 Foote's was the most talked-of name in the English-speaking world. By 1777 it was almost unmentionable. Samuel Foote, friend of David Garrick and Dr Johnson, is the greatest...

THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed birthday dinner, the hotel obligingly flooded the courtyard to conjure the Grand Canal of Venice. Dinner...

A word book, straight up, with a twist The Devil's Dictionary is an American classic. A Yankee Oscar Wilde with a wicked edge to his tongue, gained from seeing the...

Independent bookshops are the unsung heroes of queer liberation, providing friendship, solidarity and sanctuary through the ages.'A terrific read!' Jane Cholmeley, author of A Bookshop of One's OwnTravelling from Shakespeare...

A bibliophile's journey through Dublin's rich heritage, storied lore, and lively craic: exploring bookshops, museums, and authors' watering holes, offering an experience for literature students, Irish natives, and tourists alike....