The Illustrated letters of Oscar Wilde

A Life in Letters, Writings and Wit

Juliet Gardiner

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Batsford
01 May 2020

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Series: Illustrated Letters

"""I don't regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the full, as one should do anything one does. I lived on honeycomb."" Oscar Wilde

Although it is over 120 years since his infamous trial for indecency, Oscar Wilde has never held greater fascination for us. This packed illustrated biography tells the life of Oscar Wilde through his own words - private letters, poems, plays, stories and legendary witticisms. It includes his relationships with key artists and writers of the time, including Ruskin, Charles Ricketts, and Lillie Langtry.

It is illustrated throughout with paintings, engravings, contemporary photographs, cartoons and caricatures of Wilde and his social circle. With illustrations and paintings by Aubrey Beardsley, Toulouse Lautrec, James Whistler and Max Beerbohm, it is a beautiful evocation of the glittering fin de siecle word by its most fascinating wordsmith and aesthete.

The book details Wilde's ruin after the trial and its outcome. The profundity of his writing from prison and exile form an epitaph, not only to his own life, but also for the era that carelessly delighted in it."

By: Juliet Gardiner
Imprint: Batsford
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 250mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 720g
ISBN: 9781849945837
ISBN 10: 1849945837
Series: Illustrated Letters
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 May 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Juliet Gardiner is a British historian and a former editor of History Today magazine. She has written several books, including the Penguin Book of History and The Thirties: An Intimate History. She acted as historical consultant to the film adaptation of Atonement, and is a frequent broadcaster on radio and television. Her reviews and articles have appeared in The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, Financial Times, The Guardian, and BBC History.