Reviews
Oscar Wilde
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Wilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would have preferred to forget. As a matter of fact, I believe this volume will prove of unusual interest; some of the reviews are curiously prophetic; some are, of course, biassed by prejudice hostile or friendly; others are conceived in the author’s wittiest and happiest vein; only a few are colourless. And if, according to Lord Beaconsfield, the verdict of a continental nation may be regarded as that of posterity, Wilde is a much greater force in our literature than even friendly contemporaries ever supposed he would become.
It should be remembered, however, that at the time when most of these reviews were written Wilde had published scarcely any of the works by which his name has become famous in Europe, though the protagonist of the æsthetic movement was a well-known figure in Paris and London. (Summary from Introduction by Robert Ross)
(19 hr 15 min)Chapters
| Prologue and Introduction | 5:45 | Read by braindouche |
| Dinners and Dishes | 4:50 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| A Modern Epic | 5:48 | Read by Patti Brugman |
| Shakespeare on Scenery | 8:23 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| A Bevy of Poets | 9:15 | Read by Patti Brugman |
| Parnassus Versus Philology | 2:39 | Read by Gesine |
| Hamlet at the Lyceum | 10:16 | Read by John Rose |
| Two New Novels (May 15, 1885) | 3:31 | Read by John Rose |
| Henry the Fourth at Oxford | 10:24 | Read by John Rose |
| Modern Greek Poetry | 4:17 | Read by John Rose |
| Olivia at the Lyceum | 8:49 | Read by John Rose |
| As You Like It at Coombe House | 7:35 | Read by Patti Brugman |
| A Handbook to Marriage | 4:41 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| Half-Hours with the Worst Authors | 5:47 | Read by Patti Brugman |
| One of Mr. Conway's Remainders | 4:43 | Read by Patti Brugman |
| To Read or Not to Read | 3:38 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Twelfth Night at Oxford | 4:50 | Read by Patti Brugman |
| The Letters of a Great Woman | 8:23 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| News from Parnassus | 8:10 | Read by John Rose |
| Some Novels | 7:26 | Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019) |
| A Literary Pilgrim | 5:44 | Read by Philippa Willitts |
| Béranger in England | 4:28 | Read by Carl Manchester |
| The Poetry of the People | 6:00 | Read by Kevin McAsh |
| The Cenci | 6:01 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| Helena in Troas | 8:04 | Read by Karen Savage |
| Pleasing and Prattling | 7:02 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| Balzac in English | 8:59 | Read by Ezwa |
| Two New Novels (Sept. 16, 1880) | 6:17 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| Ben Jonson | 10:16 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| The Poets' Corner--I | 6:17 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| A Ride Through Morrocco | 5:34 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| The Children of the Poets | 8:20 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| New Novels (October 28, 1886) | 9:17 | Read by John Rose |
| A Politician's Poetry | 7:15 | Read by John Rose |
| Mr. Symonds' History of the Renaissance | 8:38 | Read by cricket |
| A 'Jolly' Art Critic | 12:52 | Read by John Rose |
| A Sentimental Journey Through Literature | 8:22 | Read by Lizzie Driver |
| Common-Sense in Art | 6:47 | Read by Kevin McAsh |
| Miner and Minor Poets | 10:00 | Read by Lizzie Driver |
| A New Calendar | 6:25 | Read by Sarah Jennings |
| The Poets' Corner--II | 8:08 | Read by Carl Manchester |
| Great Writers by Little Men | 9:08 | Read by Karen Savage |
| A New Book on Dickens | 6:01 | Read by Kirsten Ferreri |
| Our Book-Shelf | 7:37 | Read by Carl Manchester |
| A Cheap Edition of a Great Man | 8:57 | Read by Karen Savage |
| Mr. Morris's Odyssey | 7:37 | Read by Karen Savage |
| A Batch of Novels | 9:07 | Read by Robin Cotter |
| Some Novels | 12:15 | Read by Robin Cotter |
| The Poets' Corner--III | 8:11 | Read by Robin Cotter |
| Mr. Pater's Imaginary Portraits | 8:35 | Read by Robin Cotter |
| A Good Historical Novel | 6:03 | Read by Robin Cotter |
| New Novels (August 20, 1887) | 5:45 | Read by Robin Cotter |
| Two Biographies of Keats | 9:54 | Read by Leon Mire |
| A Scotchman on Scottish Poetry | 6:50 | Read by Karen Savage |
| Literary and Other Notes--I | 47:35 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) |
| Mr. Mahaffy's New Book | 14:29 | Read by Lizzie Driver |
| Mr. Morris's Completion of the Odyssey | 8:53 | Read by Karen Savage |
| Sir Charles Bowen's Virgil | 7:41 | Read by Karen Savage |
| Literary and Other Notes--II | 32:47 | Read by cricket |
| Aristotle at Afternoon Tea | 10:19 | Read by Stoker Lyceum |
| Early Christian Art in Ireland | 5:52 | Read by Kirsten Ferreri |
| Literary and Other Notes--III | 44:12 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) |
| The Poets' Corner--IV | 13:35 | Read by Philippa Willitts |
| Literary and Other Notes--IV | 34:23 | Read by Lizzie Driver |
| The Poets' Corner--V | 9:55 | Read by RedToby |
| Venus or Victory | 10:27 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) |
| Literary and Other Notes--V | 23:50 | Read by Anna Simon |
| The Poets' Corner--VI | 11:06 | Read by RedToby |
| M. Caro on George Sand | 9:52 | Read by Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom |
| The Poets' Corner--VII | 11:55 | Read by RedToby |
| A Fascinating Book | 25:00 | Read by Sarah Jennings |
| The Poets' Corner--VIII | 12:55 | Read by Philippa Willitts |
| A Note on Some Modern Poets | 30:56 | Read by cricket |
| Sir Edwin Arnold's Last Volume | 10:09 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) |
| Australian Poets | 12:36 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) |
| Some Literary Notes--I | 38:09 | Read by Anna Simon |
| Poetry and Prison | 9:36 | Read by Christian Pecaut |
| The Gospel According to Walt Whitman | 18:40 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| The New President | 7:54 | Read by Carl Manchester |
| Some Literary Notes--II | 27:13 | Read by cricket |
| One of the Bibles of the World | 8:34 | Read by Leon Mire |
| Poetical Socialists | 7:15 | Read by Carl Manchester |
| Mr. Brander Matthews' Essays | 8:50 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Some Literary Notes--III | 25:04 | Read by cricket |
| Mr. William Morris's Last Book | 10:05 | Read by Greg Elmensdorp |
| Adam Lindsay Gordon | 12:25 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) |
| The Poets' Corner--IX | 11:59 | Read by Philippa Willitts |
| Some Literary Notes--IV | 21:07 | Read by Kirsten Ferreri |
| Mr. Froude's Blue-Book | 10:39 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Some Literary Notes--V | 22:35 | Read by cricket |
| Ouida's New Novel | 10:29 | Read by Lizzie Driver |
| Some Literary Notes--VI | 22:37 | Read by Gesine |
| A Thought-Reader's Novel | 7:52 | Read by Anna Simon |
| The Poets' Corner--X | 11:13 | Read by rachelellen |
| Mr. Swinburne's Last Volume | 8:09 | Read by rachelellen |
| Three New Poets | 8:27 | Read by rachelellen |
| A Chinese Sage | 18:31 | Read by Leon Mire |
| Mr. Pater's Last Volume | 18:46 | Read by spiritualbeing |
| Primavera | 5:46 | Read by Karen Savage |
| Index of Authors and Books Reviewed | 18:46 | Read by Cori Samuel |