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.
(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 |