Wilde's women : how Oscar Wilde was shaped by the women he knew / Eleanor Fitzsimons.

Author/creator Fitzsimons, Eleanor author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Overlook Duckworth, 2016.
Descriptionxi, 372 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formBiography.
LCCN 2015039898
ISBN9781468312669 hardcover
ISBN1468312669 hardcover

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PR5823 .F58 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold