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Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (1868-1890)

by Oscar WILDE (1854 - 1900)

To an unidentified correspondent (re: advice for an aspiring writer)

This first collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde begins with the Irish playwright's earliest extant letter, thanking his mother for the hamper she had sent to him at school. It includes letters about his travels in Italy, his American lecture tour, the staging of his first play (Vera, or the Nihilists), arrangements for the publication of a friend's poetry collection, and exchanges in the press with artist James McNeill Whistler. The letters, some of which have been excerpted or redacted, are sourced from auction catalogues, newspapers, biographies, and other texts in the public domain. For a complete collection of Wilde's letters, please see "The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde," (2000) edited by Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis. - Summary by Rob Marland

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Listen next episodes of Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (1868-1890):
To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 15 Jan. 1886 , Exchange with J. M. Whistler, Nov. 1886 , To Alice Corkran, c. Nov 1888 , To Edward Heron-Allen, 17 Oct. 1887 , To John Brodrick , To Leonard Smithers , To Miss Kenealy , To Mrs Bernard Beere, c. Jan. 1889 , To Mrs Hamilton King, 31 Oct. 1887 , To Richard Le Gallienne, 16 Apr. 1889 , To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 5 Nov. 1886 (re: Swinburne) , To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 8 Feb. 1886 (re: book recommendations) , To the editor of Truth, 9 Jan. 1890 (re: J M. Whistler) , To Thomas Hutchinson, 13 July 1888 , To Walter Hamilton, 29 Jan. 1889