In a modern reimagining of Wilde’s classic tale, schoolchildren find refuge in a beautiful garden, but when a snarling, ginger-haired giant arrives, he angrily chases the children away and builds a ...
Constance Wilde knows how she appears to the public after her husband Oscar’s 1895 conviction for so-called acts of gross indecency. “The poor little waif, the blinkered wifey,” Constance says ...
BOOK REVIEW I loved The Picture of Dorian Gray the first time I read it. Despite that being a quarter of a century ago I love it still - even though half ...
In Nancy Mitford’s “The Pursuit of Love,” the young narrator, Fanny—this is circa World War I—asks her Aunt Sadie what mysterious crime Oscar Wilde had committed. Sadie, greatly flustered, admits that ...
Oscar Wilde’s life reads almost like a perfectly formed work of art — one in which each early success bristles with portents of tragedy to come. Long before Wilde’s infamous libel case, his father ...
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By David Hare OSCAR WILDE A Life By Matthew Sturgis In her new collection of stories, “The Master of ...
Wilde’s biting wit warns that our greatest desires often carry unforeseen costs; sometimes, the most merciful act of the universe is leaving a desperate prayer unanswered.
When she studied acting in London in the 1950s, she was told she was unlikely to find work. She ended up starting one of the country’s foremost Black theaters. By Stella Raine Chu The Irish writer was ...
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