Oscar Wilde, a Critical Study

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Oscar Wilde, a Critical Study by Arthur Ransome includes a note thanking Robert Ross for access to letters and for checking biographical facts against documents in his possession. The study imagines different historical backgrounds for its subject before explicitly turning from those imaginary settings to his own background.

The discussion of Intentions describes two young men talking in a library with windows looking over Piccadilly toward the trees and lawns of the Green Park. The account of the conversation follows the speakers through a summer night to an early morning walk to Covent Garden to look at roses brought from the country. The discussion of Wilde's career attributes some of the noise and display surrounding his career and echoing in his books to self-consciousness.

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Arthur Ransome

Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) was an English author and journalist who reported from Russia during its revolution before turning to fiction for the young. His Swallows and Amazons series, drawn from real summers in the Lake District, made him one of the best loved writers of outdoor adventure for children.