538 Search Results for: "Oscar Wilde"

Night after night she awoke in a feverish sweat, her hips writhing on their own accord, the bed sheet balled in a coil and clenched between her legs. It was...

The life Oscar Wilde never had - reimagined by John Boyne in his most ambitious and emotionally powerful novel yet.'Exceptionally moving... A granularly imagined, witty, hugely pleasurable read' Neel Mukherjee'Wise,...

For Wilde, as for many people, reading could be as powerful and transformative an experience as falling in love. He devoured books, talked books, luxuriated in books and lavished books...

Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol, his last work for publication in 1898 is known the world over for its insight and telling phrases, such as 'bricks of shame', 'souls in...

'A remarkable book... the breadth and depth of research is astonishing' Emma Thompson'An illuminating study... fascinating' IndependentHailed as a gay icon and pioneer of individualism, Oscar Wilde's insistence that 'there...

An intimate study of three of Ireland's greatest writers from one of its best-loved contemporary voices, Colm Toibin__________________In Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Colm Toibin takes three of Ireland's greatest...

The first major biography of Oscar Wilde in thirty years, and the most complete telling of his life and times to date. NOMINATED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2019 'The...

'A remarkable book... the breadth and depth of research is astonishing' Emma Thompson'An illuminating study... fascinating' IndependentHailed as a gay icon and pioneer of individualism, Oscar Wilde's insistence that 'there...

In the spring of 1895 the life of Constance Wilde changed irrevocably. Up until the conviction of her husband, Oscar, for homosexual crimes, she had held a privileged position in...

CONSTANCE WILDE'S MARRIAGE HAS ENDED. Making a new life in Europe, she reflects on her marriage with Oscar Wilde. Despite her family's warnings, his affairs and his spending, she knows...