Oscar WildeGill and Macmillan, 1998 - 156 sivua A short biography of Oscar Wilde, the prolific 19th-century writer who was critically acclaimed in Ireland, England and America, but was imprisoned at the height of his success for gross indecency, due to having been involved in reckless homosexual affairs. |
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