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050	1	4	_aPR 5823 _bB428o 2000
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100	1		_aBelford, Barbara.
245	1	0	_aOscar Wilde : _ba certain genius / _cBarbara Belford.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c2000.
300			_axiv, 381 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [357]-360) and index.
505			_aPart one (1854-1878): Becoming -- Lord of life -- Merrion Square -- Away from home -- Budding aesthete -- Magdalen Manners -- Part two (1879-1883): Reinventing -- Artists and beauties -- Aesthetes and dandies -- A second self -- New scenarios -- Part three (1884-1891): Rebelling -- Mrs. Oscar Wilde -- Crossing over -- Enemies and friends -- The Dorian prophecy -- Part four (1892-1895): Flaunting -- More than laughter -- Translating ecstasy -- Mostly famous -- A broken line -- Part five (1895-1900): Reconciling -- The last first night -- Touching sorrow -- Misbegotten yesterdays -- Stealing happiness.
520			_a"Based on extensive study of original sources and animated throughout by historical detail, anecdote, and insight, the narrative traces Wilde's progression from his childhood in an intellectual Irish household to his maturity as a London author to the years of his European exile."--Jacket.
600	1	0	_aWilde, Oscar, _d1854-1900.
650		0	_aAuthors, Irish _y19th century _vBiography.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random052/00026827.html
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random044/00026827.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0411/00026827.html
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