Coffee with Oscar Wilde
by Holland, Merlin; Callow, Simon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 184483512X
- ISBN 13
- 9781844835126
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, England: Duncan Baird. As New in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 184483512X . White cloth covers with black titles to the cover and spine. As New condition. The DJ is unclipped with some cover rubbing and light edgewear. "Oscar Wilde's own grandson, with the help of actor and author Simon Callow--who has performed Wilde's work on stage--capture the essence of this wittiest of all playwrights. Set in Paris, where he fled after the scandalous trial that revealed his homosexuality, Wilde chats about language, his mother (an esteemed Irish folklorist) , transforming his life into a work of art (""My great tragedy is that I put my genius into my life--and only my talent into my work"") , his time in prison, his concept of morality, and why he thinks "in life, style, not sincerity, is the essential." ; Coffee with...Series; 1 x 5.4 x 4.6 Inches; 143 pages; Box 5 / shelved .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11367
- Title
- Coffee with Oscar Wilde
- Author
- Holland, Merlin; Callow, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 184483512X
- ISBN 13
- 9781844835126
- Publisher
- Duncan Baird
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- 184483512X
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Citicism; Film; Europe;
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