Robert Ross, Wilde’s friend and literary executor, assembled this anthology of passages from across the work. Here are his arguments that life imitates art, the quality of George Meredith, the poisoner-aesthete Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, reflections on Newman and Browning, and stretches of the fairy tales and prose poems in their jewelled style.
A handy tour of Wilde’s wit and criticism for readers who want the best lines without hunting for them. Download the free EPUB.