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Title Oscar Wilde in quotation : 3,100 insults, anecdotes, and aphorisms : topically arranged, with attributions / [topically arranged by] Tweed Conrad
Published Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages)
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Source Abbreviations -- 1. About Oscar, by Oscar -- 2. Actors and Acting -- 3. America and Americans -- 4. Art -- 5. Artists -- 6. Beauty and the Beast -- 7. Boredom, or Ennui -- 8. Britain and the British -- 9. Charity and Sympathy -- 10. Common Sense -- 11. Conversation and Language -- 12. Craftsmen -- 13. Critique -- 14. Cynicism and Skepticism -- 15. Death -- 16. Domesticity -- 17. Drama -- 18. Education -- 19. Emotions -- 20. Enemies -- 21. Fashion, Costumes and Style -- 22. Fidelity -- 23. Flowers -- 24. Food and Drink -- 25. France and the French -- 26. Friends -- 27. Gossip and Scandal -- 28. Gratitude -- 29. Greece and the Greeks -- 30. Happiness and Pleasure -- 31. Hate -- 32. History -- 33. Home Decor -- 34. Individualism -- 35. Intelligence and Ignorance -- 36. Journalism -- 37. Labor and Leisure -- 38. Life and Living -- 39. Love and Romance -- 40. Marriage -- 41. Mediocrity -- 42. Men -- 43. Men and Women -- 44. Models and Modeling -- 45. Music -- 46. Names -- 47. Nature and the Country -- 48. Pain, Sorrow and Suffering -- 49. Passion -- 50. Past, Present and Future -- 51. Philosophy, Spirituality and Religion -- 52. Poets and Poetry -- 53. Politics, Government and Law -- 54. Prison -- 55. Prophecy and Destiny -- 56. Public Opinion -- 57. Relations -- 58. Society, Status and Success -- 59. Travel -- 60. Truth and Fiction -- 61. Vanity and Humility -- 62. Vice and Virtue -- 63. Wealth and Poverty -- 64. Women -- 65. Writers -- 66. Writing and Literature -- 67. Youth and Age -- Bibliography -- Keyword and Subject Index
Summary "He had that rarest of all things, common sense." Oscar Wilde had a gift for delivering this common sense in sometimes pithy but always memorable statements. One of the world's most unforgettable authors, Oscar Wilde had a comment for any and every occasion, many of which are quoted here"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 217) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Quotations
SUBJECT Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 fast
Subject LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Genre/Form Quotations
Form Electronic book
Author Conrad, Tweed, 1967-
ISBN 9781476607313
1476607311