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by Frank Harris (Author)
First published in 1916, this vintage book contains both volumes of Frank Harris's biography "Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions". An acquaintance of Wilde's, Harris attempts in this biography to do justice to his old friend whom he had helped throughout the controversy and his trial, twenty years previous. Contents include: "Oscar's Father And Mother On Trial", "Oscar Wilde As A Schoolboy", "Trinity, Dublin: Magdalen, Oxford", "Formative Influences: Oscar's Poems", "Oscar's Quarrel With Whistler", "And Marriage", "Oscar Wilde's Faith And Practice", "Oscar's Reputation And Supporters", "Oscar's Growth To Originality About 1890", etc. Frank Harris (1855-1931) was an Irish-American novelist, editor, journalist, publisher, and short story writer who had acquaintances with many famous people of his day. Other notable works by this author include: "The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life Story" (1909), "The Yellow Ticket And Other Stories" (1914), and "Contemporary Portraits" (1915-1923).
