Oscar Wilde by Barry Day

Oscar Wilde by Barry Day

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In his own inimitable style, this book charts Oscar Wilde's progress from the brilliant, youthful aesthete who mesmerized his audiences, to the drunken debaucher, destroyed by his own vanity and arrogance. It combines Wilde's famous epigrams with excerpts from his letters and diaries.

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Oscar Wilde by Barry Day

In his own inimitable style, this book charts Oscar Wilde's progress from the brilliant, youthful aesthete who mesmerized his audiences, to the drunken debaucher, destroyed by his own vanity and arrogance. It combines Wilde's famous epigrams with excerpts from his letters and diaries.
Barry Day is the author of No?l Coward: A Life in Quotes (Metro 1999), as well as Coward's Complete Lyrics. He is currently Director of Creative Communications with the Interpublic Group of Companies after a long career in international advertising. For many years he acted as media adviser and speech writer to Prime Ministers Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher.Whereabouts: U.S.A.
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ISBN 13 9781842410035
ISBN 10 1842410032
Title Oscar Wilde
Author Barry Day
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher John Blake Publishing Ltd
Year published 2010-11-24
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.