The first major biography of Oscar Wilde in thirty years is the most complete telling of his life and times to date Intro -- Welcome Page -- About Oscar -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Proem -- Part I: The Star Child --...
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The first major biography of Oscar Wilde in thirty years is the most complete telling of his life and times to date Intro -- Welcome Page -- About Oscar -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Proem -- Part I: The Star Child -- Chapter 1: A Small Unruly Boy -- Chapter 2: A Fair Scholar -- Chapter 3: Foundation Scholarship -- Part II: The Nightingale and the Rose -- Chapter 1: Young Oxford -- Chapter 2: Heart's Yearnings -- Chapter 3: Hellas! -- Chapter 4: Specially Commended -- Part III: The Happy Prince -- Chapter 1: A Dream of Fair Women -- Chapter 2: The Jester and the Joke -- Chapter 3: Up to Snuff -- Chapter 4: An English Poet -- Part IV: The Remarkable Rocket -- Chapter 1: The Best Place -- Chapter 2: Go Ahead -- Chapter 3: This Wide Great World -- Chapter 4: Bully Boy -- Chapter 5: Different Aspects -- Chapter 6: The Dream of the Poet -- Part V: The Devoted Friend -- Chapter 1: Over the Seine -- Chapter 2: First Drama -- Chapter 3: Man of the Day -- Chapter 4: New Relations -- Chapter 5: In Black and White -- Chapter 6: L'Amour de l'Impossible -- Chapter 7: Woman's World -- Chapter 8: A Study in Green -- Part VI: The Young King -- Chapter 1: A Man in Hew -- Chapter 2: A Bad Case -- Chapter 3: Suggestive Things -- Chapter 4: The Best Society -- Chapter 5: The Dance of the Seven Veils -- Chapter 6: Charming Ball -- Chapter 7: White and Gold -- Part VII: The Selfish Giant -- Chapter 1: The Eternal Quest for Beauty -- Chapter 2: Feasting with Panthers -- Chapter 3: Brief Summer Months -- Chapter 4: Enemies of Romance -- Chapter 5: Scarlet Marquess -- Chapter 6: A Capacity for Being Amused -- Part VIII: The House of Judgement -- Chapter 1: The Last First Nights -- Chapter 2: Hideous Words -- Chapter 3: The Prosecutor -- Chapter 4: Regina Versus Wilde -- Chapter 5: The Torrent of Prejudice -- Part IX: In Carcere e Vinculis -- Chapter 1: The Head of Medusa -- Chapter 2: The System -- Chapter 3: From the Depths Part X: The Fisherman and his Soul -- Chapter 1: Asylum -- Chapter 2: Artistic work -- Chapter 3: Outcast Men -- Chapter 4: Bitter Experience -- Part XI: The Teacher of Wisdom -- Chapter 1: The Parisian Temple of Pleasure -- Chapter 2: Going South -- Chapter 3: All Over -- L'Envoi -- Plate Section -- Endpapers -- Abbreviations used in the Notes -- Endnotes -- Image credits -- Index -- About Matthew Sturgis -- An Invitation from the Publisher -- Copyright
