Name: The Portrait of mr. W. H. (Alma Classics) (in English)
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Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9781847497512

portada The Portrait of mr. W. H. (Alma Classics) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Oscar Wilde

Publisher

Alma Books

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

144

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8 x 13.0 x 0.8 cm

Weight

0.09 kg.

ISBN13

9781847497512

Synopsis "The Portrait of mr. W. H. (Alma Classics) (in English)"

During a conversation about literary forgeries, Erskine tells his young guest that he has received - as a legacy from a friend, the Cambridge scholar Cyril Graham - what is purported to be an Elizabethan portrait. The painting depicts a beautiful young man in late-sixteenth-century costume, whom Graham claimed to be Willie Hughes, a boy-actor serving in Shakespeare's company. This prompts Erskine's guest to delve deeper into the mystery surrounding the real identity of the dedicatee and the inspiration of Shakespeare's Sonnets, with unforeseen consequences. Far from being a dry exposition of a literary theory, The Portrait of Mr W.H. - which the author himself described as one of his "early masterpieces" - is an engaging and entertaining narrative exploring the intricate facets of trust and betrayal, historical truth and fiction, written with Wilde's trademark dialogical sharpness and stylistic perfection.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde es considerado uno de los dramaturgos más destacados del Londres victoriano tardío. Además, fue una celebridad de la época debido a su gran y aguzado ingenio. Hoy en día, es recordado por sus epigramas, sus cuentos, sus obras de teatro, su única novela, El retrato de Dorian Gray, y la tragedia de su encarcelamiento, seguida de su muerte prematura.

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