Truly Wilde: The Unsettling Story of Dolly Wilde, Oscar's Unusual Niece (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780306810794)

Born a scant three months after her uncle Oscar's notorious arrest, raised in the shadow of the greatest scandal of the turn of the twentieth century, Dolly Wilde attracted people of taste and talent wherever she went. Brilliantly witty, charged with charm, a "born writer," she drenched her prodigious talents in liquids, burnt up her opportunities in flamboyant affairs, and died as she lived--repeating her uncle's history of excess, collapse, and ruin. In this biography, Joan Schenkar has created both a captivating portrait of Dolly and a cultural history of Natalie Clifford Barney's remarkable Parisian salon--frequented by Janet Flanner, Mina Loy, Djuna Barnes--in which she shone so brightly.

Author: Joan Schenkar
ISBN-10: 0306810794
ISBN-13: 9780306810794
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2001
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.07w x 1.10d