The Importance of Being Oscar: The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde Set Against His Life and Times

The Importance of Being Oscar: The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde Set Against His Life and Times
ISBN-10
0863791115
ISBN-13
9780863791116
Category
Authors, Irish
Pages
238
Language
English
Published
1987
Author
Leslie Frewin

Description

a well - known politician , “ Oscar , do you know this fellow Moore ? ” Wilde , ever ready with the apposite , astringent reply , repeated the question , “ Do I know - him ? Indeed , I know him so well that I have not spoken to him for ...

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