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_beng
_cPPAK
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_bWIL
_dG
100 1 _aWilde, Oscar,
_d1854-1900.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aThe portrait of Mr. W. H. /
_cOscar Wilde
264 1 _aUnited Kingdom :
_bALMA CLASSICS,
_c2018
264 4 _c©2018
300 _a118 pages :
_billustrations, portraits, facsimiles ;
_c20 cm
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
520 _aDuring a conversation about literary forgeries, Erskine tells his young guest that he has received as a legacy from a friend, the Cambridge scholar Cyril Graham what is purported to be an Elizabethan portrait. The painting depicts a beautiful young man in late-sixteenth-century costume, whom Graham claimed to be Willie Hughes, a boy-actor serving in Shakespeare's company. This prompts Erskine's guest to delve deeper into the mystery surrounding the real identity of the dedicatee and the inspiration of Shakespeare's Sonnets, with unforeseen consequences. This is an engaging and entertaining narrative exploring the intricate facets of trust and betrayal, historical truth and fiction, written with Wilde's trademark dialogical sharpness and stylistic perfection.
600 1 0 _aShakespeare, William,
_d1564-1616
_vDramatic production
_xFiction
650 2 0 _aActors
_vFiction
655 7 _aHistorical fiction
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