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19 ore fa · Louis Bayard begins his delicately masterful historical novel, "The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts," during a week in the Norfolk countryside in “the before times — before scandal, gaol, exile ...
4 giorni fa · Though Oscar is the famous figure, he is not the main character. It is the people most affected by his choices and actions that are central to the novel: Constance, Cyril, and Vyvyan. Lady Brooke, Constance’s friend, states that Oscar has made his wife a martyr: “’Dragging you and your boys into his mire. Forcing you into exile.
17 set 2024 · This empathetic, far-reaching novel tells the story of Oscar Wilde's wife Constance and their two sons in the aftermath of the famous playwright's imprisonment for homosexuality, told against the backdrop of Victorian England and World War I.
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4 giorni fa · From New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble comes a thrilling historical novel about the inception of the Colony Club, the first women’s club of its kind, set against the dazzling backdrop of Gilded Age New York. FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY: Trailblazing women. The Gilded Age tv series on HBO. Atmospheric settings.
17 set 2024 · The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts. by Louis Bayard. In September 1892, Oscar Wilde and his family have retreated to the idyllic Norfolk countryside for a holiday. His wife, Constance, has every reason to be happy: two beautiful sons, her own work as an advocate for feminist causes, and a delightfully charming and affectionate husband and father ...
17 set 2024 · As this “novel in five acts” opens in 1892, Oscar — seen through Constance’s eyes — is charmingly elusive, genuinely devoted to his wife and two sons but always in need of a larger audience.
1 giorno fa · Constantine holds extensive knowledge of the routes to Heaven, Hell, and the afterlife, allowing him to escape and teleport without being pursued by adversaries. In the graphic novel Pandemonium, he deliberately allows himself to be killed but later
