The Life of Oscar Wilde

Found this book on The Big Orme, Llandudno. I read a biography of Wilde many years ago that went into, in prurient detail, all the things Oscar had done with rent boys. This was far more interesting & enjoyable & focussed on Oscar's life & work. HP is refreshingly brisk, non-judgemental & clear alth......more

A great biography that focuses on what it set out to do: paint a vibrant portrait of Oscar Wilde as a character and a man, in both his good and bad, avoiding martyrisation and focus on his sexual promiscuity. Informed by interviews with many contemporaries, contemporary articles, and a long time of r......more

Witty and entertaining. I should like to read more of Pearson and of Wilde of course! This book is morally some what light, and alas some what disparaging of religion. At least Wilde became a Catholic in the end- the very ultimate end. Pearson annoys me at times; a certain tone and manner- but the o......more

Exaggeration or factuality; almost always compelling narration.......more

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