Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:18 am Posts: 3920 Location: Philadelphia
I have always wanted to read or read about Oscar Wilde. Any suggestions of where to start... a play, a novel, biography, collection? Any help would be great. Thanks.
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Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:18 am Posts: 3920 Location: Philadelphia
Orpheus wrote:
Novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray Play: The Importance of Being Earnest Biopic: Wilde (with Stephen Fry)
Thank you. Now I have somewhere to start.
_________________ I remember doing nothing on the night Sinatra died
And the night Jeff Buckley died
And the night Kurt Cobain died
And the night John Lennon died
I remember I stayed up to watch the news with everyone
Joined: Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:00 am Posts: 16093 Location: dublin Gender: Male
Stephen fry is an English treasure. He's also the old comedy partner of Hugh Laurie, aka Dr. House
but
Oscar is Ireland's great treasure. I get to walk past his birthplace and the (obscenely awful) statue everyday, which I think makes me wittier. Though most Dubliners are like that anyway.
The biopic is essential viewing and there are 2 great biographies, which should only be read after you've read something of his. The fairytales don't count but they're good too.
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