Volume 2 of Frank Harris's biographical account of Oscar Wilde follows Wilde through his prison sentence, his later years, and his relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas. Drawing on Harris's memories and conversations, it offers a personal portrait of the writer and the society around him. It is a historical biography for readers interested in Wilde's life and Victorian literary circles.
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Opening of the book
OSCAR WILDE HIS LIFE AND CONFESSIONS BY FRANK HARRIS VOLUME II Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas About 1893 Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas About 1893 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR 29 WAVERLEY PLACE NEW YORK CITY MCMXVIII Imprime en Allemagne Printed in Germany For he who sins a second time Wakes a dead soul to pain, And draws it from its spotted shroud, And makes it bleed again, And makes it bleed great gouts of blood, And makes it bleed in vain. —The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
Copyright, 1916, By Frank Harris CONTENTS XVII. Prison and the Effects of Punishment 321 XVIII. Mitigation of Punishment; but not Release 345 XIX. His St. Martin's Summer: His Best Work 363 XX. The Results of His Second Fall: His Genius 406 XXI. His Sense of Rivalry; His Love of Life and Laziness 433 XXII. "A Great Romantic Passion!" 450 XXIII. His Judgments of Writers and of Women 469 XXIV. We Argue About His "Pet Vice" and Punishment 488 XXV. The Last Hope Lost 509 XXVI. The End 532 XXVII. A Last Word 542 The Appendix, 549 Shaw's "Memories" A1 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas About 1893 "Speranza": Lady Wilde as a Young Woman
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