Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions - Volume I

First published in 1916, this volume contains the first volume of Frank Harris's biography "e;Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions"e;. 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: "e;Oscar's Father And Mother On Trial"e;, "e;Oscar Wilde As A Schoolboy"e;, "e;Trinity, Dublin: Magdalen, Oxford"e;, "e;Formative Influences: Oscar's Poems"e;, "e;Oscar's Quarrel With Whistler"e;, "e;And Marriage"e;, "e;Oscar Wilde's Faith And Practice"e;, "e;Oscar's Reputation And Supporters"e;, "e;Oscar's Growth To Originality About 1890"e;, 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: "e;The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life Story"e; (1909), "e;The Yellow Ticket And Other Stories"e; (1914), and "e;Contemporary Portraits"e; (1915-1923).