The Unrecorded Life of Oscar Wilde
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
The Unrecorded Life of Oscar Wilde presents a confident literary biography that chronicles Rupert Croft‑Cooke’s argument that Wilde’s public legend obscures a far more complex private existence, illustrating the relationships, ambitions and personal contradictions that shaped his rise and downfall. Croft‑Cooke details Wilde’s social world, creative drive and emotional vulnerabilities with sharp narrative control, presenting a portrait that challenges the familiar myth and restores the man behind it.
Author: Rupert Croft-Cooke
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, David McKay, New York
Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
The Unrecorded Life of Oscar Wilde presents a confident literary biography that chronicles Rupert Croft‑Cooke’s argument that Wilde’s public legend obscures a far more complex private existence, illustrating the relationships, ambitions and personal contradictions that shaped his rise and downfall. Croft‑Cooke details Wilde’s social world, creative drive and emotional vulnerabilities with sharp narrative control, presenting a portrait that challenges the familiar myth and restores the man behind it.