The Wit Of Oscar Wilde
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few writers in the English literary canon have matched Oscar Wilde's extraordinary capacity to compress profound truth into a perfectly turned phrase, and The Wit of Oscar Wilde presents the very best of his legendary aphorisms, epigrams, and verbal dazzle in a single, beautifully curated collection. Selected and introduced by Merlin Holland — Wilde's own grandson — this anthology draws from the full breadth of the great author's output, from the sparkling stage comedies of The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband to his critical essays, letters, and conversation, revealing a mind that was as philosophically penetrating as it was wickedly amusing. Holland's intimate editorial hand lends this collection an authority and tenderness that no other scholar could replicate, illuminating not merely the wit but the man behind it — a consummate performer who weaponised laughter against Victorian pomposity and social hypocrisy. Published in a characteristically elegant edition by The Folio Society and brought to life with illustrations by Ian Archie Beck, this is a volume that rewards both the devoted Wildean and the curious newcomer in equal measure. To read Wilde is to be simultaneously charmed, challenged, and left wondering whether the world has ever truly caught up with him.
Author: Merlin Holland
Format: Hardback
Published: 1998, The Folio Society
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Few writers in the English literary canon have matched Oscar Wilde's extraordinary capacity to compress profound truth into a perfectly turned phrase, and The Wit of Oscar Wilde presents the very best of his legendary aphorisms, epigrams, and verbal dazzle in a single, beautifully curated collection. Selected and introduced by Merlin Holland — Wilde's own grandson — this anthology draws from the full breadth of the great author's output, from the sparkling stage comedies of The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband to his critical essays, letters, and conversation, revealing a mind that was as philosophically penetrating as it was wickedly amusing. Holland's intimate editorial hand lends this collection an authority and tenderness that no other scholar could replicate, illuminating not merely the wit but the man behind it — a consummate performer who weaponised laughter against Victorian pomposity and social hypocrisy. Published in a characteristically elegant edition by The Folio Society and brought to life with illustrations by Ian Archie Beck, this is a volume that rewards both the devoted Wildean and the curious newcomer in equal measure. To read Wilde is to be simultaneously charmed, challenged, and left wondering whether the world has ever truly caught up with him.