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Declaring His Genius

Oscar Wilde in North America

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Declaring His Genius

By: Roy Morris Jr.
Narrated by: Christa Lewis
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Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-year-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had "nothing to declare but my genius." But as this sparkling narrative reveals, Wilde was, rarely for him, underselling himself. A chronicle of his sensational eleven-month speaking tour of America, Declaring His Genius offers an indelible portrait of both Oscar Wilde and the Gilded Age. Neither Wilde nor America would ever be the same.

©2013 Roy Morris, Jr. (P)2013 Audible, Inc. 19th Century Americas Art & Literature Authors Entertainment & Celebrities European Literary History & Criticism Modern United States World Literature Celebrity Gilded Age
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The book itself is OK. It's a little lacking in depth. The performance is not at all good. It's dreadfully lightweight and un-engaging. The actor is not a good orator and has trouble with phrases and words she is unfamiliar with, which I would have expected to be researched and pronounced properly ... Pre-Raphaelite is just one example. All in all it's just about worth a listen but it could have been so much better produced. Sadly there is no alternative, this is the only version of the audio book available.

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