Author : Oscar Wilde
Release : 2012-07-12
Genre : Humor
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 433/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde by : Oscar Wilde
Download or read book The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde written by Oscar Wilde. This book was released on 2012-07-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 1000 ripostes, paradoxes, and epigrams on sin, society, genius, wealth, men, women, religion, America, education, and smoking: "Work is the curse of the drinking classes," "I can resist everything except temptation," etcetera. Also excerpts from his trial testimony, where the tragedy implicit in Wilde's humor is nowhere more vivid.