Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions - Volume I

First published in 1916, this volume contains the first volume of Frank Harris's biography &quote;Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions&quote;. An acquaintance of Wilde's, Harris attempts in this biography to do justice to his old friend whom he had helped throughout the controversy and his trial, twenty years previous. Contents include: &quote;Oscar's Father And Mother On Trial&quote;, &quote;Oscar Wilde As A Schoolboy&quote;, &quote;Trinity, Dublin: Magdalen, Oxford&quote;, &quote;Formative Influences: Oscar's Poems&quote;, &quote;Oscar's Quarrel With Whistler&quote;, &quote;And Marriage&quote;, &quote;Oscar Wilde's Faith And Practice&quote;, &quote;Oscar's Reputation And Supporters&quote;, &quote;Oscar's Growth To Originality About 1890&quote;, etc. Frank Harris (1855-1931) was an Irish-American novelist, editor, journalist, publisher, and short story writer who had acquaintances with many famous people of his day. Other notable works by this author include: &quote;The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life Story&quote; (1909), &quote;The Yellow Ticket And Other Stories&quote; (1914), and &quote;Contemporary Portraits&quote; (1915-1923).