Oscar Wilde, In Memoriam, De Profundis (Reminiscences) by Gide, Andre, and Frechtman, Bernard (Translated from the French and with a Note by) - 1949
by Gide, Andre, and Frechtman, Bernard (Translated from the French and with a Note by)
Oscar Wilde, In Memoriam, De Profundis (Reminiscences)
by Gide, Andre, and Frechtman, Bernard (Translated from the French and with a Note by)
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- Hardcover
- first
New York.: Philosophical Library., 1949. First edition. 1st authorized American translation.. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Minor edge wear, soiling to jacket.. 1 50 p. Yellow paper over boards. Purple spine titles, and small front profile logo. Jacket in blue, orange blocks; white and black titles. 2-color artwork, front: side view, man calling w/ flower. Back cover publisher's list. 22 cm. Stitched binding. Author Andre Gide here set down his personal memories of his friend and fellow writer, Irish poet Oscar Wilde, and he first wrote them circa 1900. There was a scandalous trial threatening to wreck Wilde's life. Gide attempted to show that Wilde was admirable. Gide's personal sketches he wrote at the turn of the century, clarifying who Wilde was at the prime of his life. Prison and public condemnation made Wilde a weakened and broken person.
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Bookseller
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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- Format/Binding Hard cover
- Book Condition Used - Good in good dust jacket. Minor edge wear, soiling to jacket.
- Edition First edition. 1st authorized American translation.
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Philosophical Library.
- Place of Publication New York.
- Date Published 1949
- Keywords Irish Poet, Oscar Wilde|scandalous trial|1900 era