Bibliograph

Wilde's women, how Oscar Wilde was shaped by the women of his life, Eleanor Fitzsimons

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Wilde's women, how Oscar Wilde was shaped by the women of his life, Eleanor Fitzsimons

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Wilde's women

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

926623499

Responsibility statement

Eleanor Fitzsimons

Sub title

how Oscar Wilde was shaped by the women of his life

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The real Mrs Erlynne -- The precocious Miss Elgee -- Taming Speranza -- Lost sisters and an earlier libel trial -- The sweetest years -- Tea and beauties -- How different an actress is! -- The paradise for women -- The revolutionary and the duchess -- Speranza's Saturdays -- Married life -- Entering the woman's world -- Stories for girls -- In the footsteps of Ouida -- The perfect Salome -- Deadly serious social comedies -- A less than ideal husband -- The wittiest women in the world -- Death must be so beautiful -- Not much to laugh about -- The world rings with his infamy -- Epilogue: a Wilde legacy

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