Oscariana Epigrams
Oscariana Epigrams by Oscar Wilde is a flapped paperback edition published by Head of Zeus on February 7, 2019, featuring 88 pages in English. This book presents a collection of Wilde’s epigrams, originally compiled in 1895 by Arthur Humphreys, a friend of Wilde. The selection was initially made by Wilde’s wife, Constance, but Wilde later revised the text to reflect his own preferences. This edition serves as a facsimile of the original booklet, making it the only collection of Wilde’s wit that has been endorsed and chosen by the author himself.
Readers will find a rich assortment of Wilde’s humor and literary style within this work, which encompasses themes related to literary collections and essays. The book highlights Wilde’s sharp wit and insight, offering a glimpse into his thoughts and observations. This edition revives a previously out-of-print work, providing an opportunity for both new and returning readers to engage with Wilde’s epigrams in a format that honors the original publication.
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In 1895 Arthur Humphreys – a director of Hatchards and a friend of Oscar Wilde – printed fifty copies of a small eighty-eight-page compendium of Wilde’s epigrams, culled from his published works. It was titled Oscariana. The initial selection had been made by Wilde’s wife, Constance, but Wilde had not been entirely satisfied with it, and subsequently revised the whole text. A pirated edition of a further two hundred copies of the book was produced in 1903, but otherwise it has remained out of print – until now. This new publication of Oscariana is a facsimile of this booklet, and the only selection of Wilde’s wit endorsed and chosen by the author himself.
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