The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
- ISBN-10
- 0486168425
- ISBN-13
- 9780486168425
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-05
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
Description
This paperback gift edition of the renowned poet and playwright's epigrams and witticisms features hundreds of quips from Wilde's personal letters and conversations as well as his fiction, essays, lectures, and plays.
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