Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (1868-1890)
Oscar Wilde
Play
Length 2 h 16 min
Chapters 57
This first collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde begins with the Irish playwright's earliest extant letter, thanking his mother for the hamper she had sent to him at school. It includes letters about his travels in Italy, his American lecture tour, the staging of his first play (Vera, or the Nihilists), arrangements for the publication of a friend's poetry collection, and exchanges in the press with artist James McNeill Whistler. The letters, some of which have been excerpted or redacted, are sourced from auction catalogues, newspapers, biographies, and other texts in the public domain. For a complete collection of Wilde's letters, please see "The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde," (2000) edited by Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis. - Summary by Rob Marland
Chapters
1
To Lady Jane Wilde, 8 Sept. 1868 Read by Rob Marland 1:54
2
To Sir William Wilde and Lady Jane Wilde, c. 1875 Read by Rob Marland 14:47
3
To Lady Jane Wilde Read by Rob Marland 0:51
4
To the editor to Routledge's Christmas Annual Read by Rob Marland 1:27
5
To Hermann Vezin, 4 Oct. 1880 Read by Rob Marland 1:51
6
To Oscar Browning Read by Rob Marland 1:19
7
To Robert Browning Read by Rob Marland 0:44
8
Exchange with an unidentified correspondent, 30 Sept. - 1 Oct. 1881 Read by Rob Marland 0:58
9
To the editor of The Sun (Baltimore, MD), 23 Jan. 1882 Read by Rob Marland 1:27
10
To Mrs Julian Hawthorne, 12 Feb. 1882 Read by Rob Marland 0:52
11
To Colonel W. F. Morse Read by Rob Marland 1:02
12
To J. M. Stoddart Read by Rob Marland 0:49
13
To Joaquin Miller Read by Rob Marland 4:37
14
To J. M. Stoddart Read by Rob Marland 1:08
15
To Colonel W. F. Morse, Mar. 1882 Read by Rob Marland 0:53
16
To Richard D'Oyly Carte, 16 Mar. 1882 Read by Rob Marland 1:36
17
To Richard D'Oyly Carte Read by Rob Marland 1:24
18
To Richard D'Oyly Carte, c. Apr. 1882 Read by Rob Marland 1:47
19
To Colonel W. F. Morse, c. 21 Mar. 1882 (version 1) Read by Rob Marland 2:23
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To Colonel W. F. Morse (version 2) Read by Rob Marland 1:01
21
Rennell Rodd to Oscar Wilde Read by Rob Marland 1:05
22
To Mrs Bernard Beere Read by Rob Marland 5:06
23
To J. M. Stoddart, 17 Apr. 1882 Read by Rob Marland 0:44
24
To J. M. Stoddart Read by Rob Marland 0:54
25
To J. M. Stoddart, May 1882 Read by Rob Marland 1:08
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To J. M. Stoddart, May 1882 Read by Rob Marland 0:40
27
To Colonel W. F. Morse, c. Sept. 1882 (version 1) Read by Rob Marland 2:26
28
To Colonel W. F. Morse (version 2) Read by Rob Marland 1:22
29
To Samuel Ward, Oct. 1882 Read by Rob Marland 1:54
30
To Marie Prescott, 12 Aug. 1883 Read by Rob Marland 3:47
31
To Mrs Moore Read by Rob Marland 1:11
32
To Robert Sherard Read by Rob Marland 2:09
33
To Marie Prescott Read by Rob Marland 3:28
34
Constance Lloyd to Oscar Wilde, 11 Nov. 1883 Read by Rob Marland 1:32
35
Exchange with J. M. Whistler Read by Rob Marland 1:16
36
Constance Lloyd to Oscar Wilde Read by Rob Marland 4:38
37
To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 14 Oct. 1884 (re: women's dress) Read by Rob Marland 10:13
38
Exchange with J. M. Whistler, 24 Feb. 1885 Read by Rob Marland 2:01
39
To Mr Appleton Read by Rob Marland 0:38
40
To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 30 Mar. 1885 Read by Rob Marland 2:19
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To Edwin Palmer Read by Rob Marland 1:29
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To an unidentified correspondent (re: advice for an aspiring writer) Read by Rob Marland 2:57
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To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 15 Jan. 1886 Read by Rob Marland 6:12
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To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 8 Feb. 1886 (re: book recommendations) Read by Rob Marland 4:41
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To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 5 Nov. 1886 (re: Swinburne) Read by Rob Marland 13:13
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Exchange with J. M. Whistler, Nov. 1886 Read by Rob Marland 1:27
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To John Brodrick Read by Rob Marland 1:00
48
To Edward Heron-Allen, 17 Oct. 1887 Read by Rob Marland 1:30
49
To Mrs Bernard Beere, c. Jan. 1889 Read by Rob Marland 2:07
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To Mrs Hamilton King, 31 Oct. 1887 Read by Rob Marland 0:44
51
To Thomas Hutchinson, 13 July 1888 Read by Rob Marland 1:39
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To Leonard Smithers Read by Rob Marland 1:13
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To Alice Corkran, c. Nov 1888 Read by Rob Marland 1:31
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To Walter Hamilton, 29 Jan. 1889 Read by Rob Marland 1:29
55
To Miss Kenealy Read by Rob Marland 0:58
56
To Richard Le Gallienne, 16 Apr. 1889 Read by Rob Marland 0:51
57
To the editor of Truth, 9 Jan. 1890 (re: J M. Whistler) Read by Rob Marland 2:05
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