Synopsis "Oscar Wilde - his Life and Confessions - Volume ii"
First published in 1916, this volume contains the second volume of Frank Harris's biography "Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions". An acquaintance of Wilde's, Harris attempts in this biography to do justice to his old friend whom he had helped throughout the controversy and his trial, twenty years previous. Contents include: "Prison and the Effects of Punishment", "Mitigation of Punishment but Not Release", "His St. Martin's Summer: His Best Work", "The Results of his Second Fall: His Genius", "His Sense of Rivalry, his Love of Life and Laziness", "A Great Romantic Passion!", etc. Frank Harris (1855-1931) was an Irish-American novelist, editor, journalist, publisher, and short story writer who had acquaintances with many famous people of his day. Other notable works by this author include: "The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life Story" (1909), "The Yellow Ticket And Other Stories" (1914), and "Contemporary Portraits" (1915-1923).
