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The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His Family
Emer O´sullivan
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Description for The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His Family
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 x 8pp B&W plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGL; DSBF; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
`Emer O'Sullivan has made an indispensable contribution to Wildean literature ... Compelling, informative and fascinating' Stephen Fry Oscar Wilde's father - scientist, surgeon, archaeologist, writer - was one of the most eminent men of his generation. His mother - poet, journalist, translator - hosted an influential salon at 1 Merrion Square. Together they were one of Victorian Ireland's most dazzling and enlightened couples. When, in 1864, Sir William Wilde was accused of sexually assaulting a female patient, it sent shock waves through Dublin society. After his death some ten years later, Jane attempted to ... Read more
`Emer O'Sullivan has made an indispensable contribution to Wildean literature ... Compelling, informative and fascinating' Stephen Fry Oscar Wilde's father - scientist, surgeon, archaeologist, writer - was one of the most eminent men of his generation. His mother - poet, journalist, translator - hosted an influential salon at 1 Merrion Square. Together they were one of Victorian Ireland's most dazzling and enlightened couples. When, in 1864, Sir William Wilde was accused of sexually assaulting a female patient, it sent shock waves through Dublin society. After his death some ten years later, Jane attempted to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408863169
SKU
V9781408863169
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Emer O´sullivan
Emer O'Sullivan graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, and has completed an MA in Life Writing and a PhD in Virginia Woolf's literature at UEA, where she also lectured in English Literature. This is her first book. She lives in London.
Reviews for The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His Family
`Vivid and meticulously researched ... The name of Wilde stands for what is singular, independent-minded, and fearless . Words that also describe this splendid book
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Frances Wilson, Mail on Sunday
`A valuable addition to the scholarly reclamation of the Wilde name ... The Fall of the House of Wilde does justice to the name'
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`O'Sullivan vividly evokes the cultural vitalities Oscar inherited from the house he was born into ... Hugely readable'
John Sutherland, The Times
`Every era has the biography writer is deserves. The Fall of the House of Wilde presents its subject for the age of Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Gene'
Times Literary Supplement
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Frances Wilson, Mail on Sunday
`A valuable addition to the scholarly reclamation of the Wilde name ... The Fall of the House of Wilde does justice to the name'
Irish ... Read more
`O'Sullivan vividly evokes the cultural vitalities Oscar inherited from the house he was born into ... Hugely readable'
John Sutherland, The Times
`Every era has the biography writer is deserves. The Fall of the House of Wilde presents its subject for the age of Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Gene'
Times Literary Supplement
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