Wilde's Women by Eleanor Fitzsimons

Wilde's Women by Eleanor Fitzsimons

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Silver-medal Winner of the 2018 IPPY award for BiographyThe first book to tell the story of the female family members, friends, and colleagues who traded witticisms with Wilde, who gave him access to vital publicity, and to whose ideas he gave expression through his social comedies

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Wilde's Women by Eleanor Fitzsimons

In this essential work, Eleanor Fitzsimons reframes Wilde’s story and his legacy through the women in his life, including such scintillating figures as Florence Balcombe; actress Lillie Langtry; and his tragic and witty niece, Dolly, who, like Wilde, loved fast cars, cocaine, and foreign women. Fresh, revealing, and entertaining, full of fascinating detail and anecdotes, Wilde’s Women relates the untold story of how a beloved writer and libertine played a vitally sympathetic role on behalf of many women, and how they supported him in the midst of a Victorian society in the process of changing forever.
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ISBN 13 9781468315028
ISBN 10 1468315021
Title Wilde's Women
Author Eleanor Fitzsimons
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Overlook Press
Year published 2017-09-26
Number of pages 372
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.