{"product_id":"oscar-wilde-andrzs-gide-9781910146927","title":"Oscar Wilde: A Study","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I have put all my genius into my life; I have put only my talent into my works.'\u003c\/em\u003e-Oscar Wilde.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndré Gide first met Wilde in Paris when Wilde had fled Britain following his release from Reading gaol. This short book was first published in English in 1905 and was written shortly after Oscar Wilde's death in 1900. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough personal recollections, Gide states that he set out to show Wilde as an object of admiration and then demonstrate how his work was illuminated by his personality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndré Gide (1869-1951) was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. His works included many books of fiction as well as autobiographies. He was sexually attracted to boys, describing himself as a pederast. In his Si le Grain Ne Meurt (1924), Gide claims that in 1895 Wilde had 'inveigled him [Gide] into debauchery' with a young Arab boy in Algiers: this was not the case as Gide had already 'discovered his homosexuality' some years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuart Mason (the nom de plume of Christopher Sclater Millard, 1872-1927) translated the book from the original French magazine article and added an introduction, notes and a bibliography. It was Mason's bibliography, listing all of Wilde's works that helped Wilde's literary executor, Robbie Ross, establish copyright on his works. Millard, like Wilde, was imprisoned for his homosexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes the five images from the original publication; three of which are of Oscar Wilde.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e André Gide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910146927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910146927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Solis Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.16d","brand":"André Gide","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906968506623,"sku":"9781910146927","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8cca179-795d-4065-b131-b6294ca02191.jpg?v=1748771920","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oscar-wilde-andrzs-gide-9781910146927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}