The Soul of Man and Prison Writings - Oscar Wilde

This is a book about something and then something happens in it which allows this person to do something to someone else but she doesn't realise that when she does this thing that she is actually doing something towards doing something else. Anyway, later in the book, something happens and hen something else happens and so this causes the book to be really, really good. Easy Everyone, I am not going to tell you the whole story. Easy! ...  Read the complete review

“..Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people, by the people for the people.” The thing that I, and many others, love about Wilde, are his witty sayings. Too often painted on pub walls in an attempt to refine the drunken masses, the Soul of Man is a thought provoking essay. According to Robert Ross, editor of my library copy, “…every subject is illuminated by a phrase which haunts the memory.” Apparently at that time lots of leading orators plagurised these (naughty!) Dammit, I should really be getting on with a very interesting (yawn) report on how I will be tackling my fieldwork for the PhD and I’m ...  Read the complete review