Letters to the Sphinx from Oscar Wilde : with reminiscences of the author / by Ada Leverson ; and a note of explanation by Robert Ross
- Bib ID:
- 6976419
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900, author
- Edition:
- [Facsimile edition]
- Description:
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- Gawler South, South Australia : Michael Walmer 2015
- 63 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9780994430601 (hardback)
- 0994430604
- 9780994430618 (ebook)
- Series:
- Walmer Belles-lettres ; 3.
- Summary:
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"Letters to the Sphinx contains five main sections: the first is a typically characterful, cantankerous and yet appreciative essay of explanation by Oscar Wilde's literary executor and close friend, Robert Ross. Then follow three major essays of reminiscence by the Sphinx herself, the book's compiler, Ada Leverson, also a dear friend of Wilde: The Importance of Being Oscar gives an iconically witty introduction to how Wilde operated and who he was; The Last First Night gives an elegiac impression of the atmosphere Wilde generated at the zenith of his career; and, finally, Afterwards is a sombrely quiet reflection on Wilde's trials and imprisonment, his troubles, as he called them. Finally it becomes Wilde's turn to speak. In thirty letters, letter-excerpts and telegrams his nature is impressed upon us. From his highest manner which surprisingly lacked stiffness, and in his lowest spirits which were plainly humble, his facility with and mastery of words and epigram are clearly evident, providing a compelling portrait of a personality which was, as Ross claims, 'unique in English literature'. This slender volume was originally published as a limited edition in 1930 and has remained unavailable, except in the rare book market, ever since."--Back cover.
- Notes:
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- Facsimile reproduction of a previous edition.
- Letters to the Sphinx first published (in a limited edition of 275 copies) 1930 --verso title page.
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- 2015
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