The Green Carnation 9781508829515 Books
Download As PDF : The Green Carnation 9781508829515 Books
_feature_div" class="feature" data-feature-name="bookDescription">
The Green Carnation 9781508829515 Books
This novella features two lead characters that are obviously based on Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas. Not being pornography, it lacks steam, nor is it detailed enough to be true roman à clef. Oscar himself pronounced it dull; thus, it perhaps should be left to readers who study the lives of these two men, although it is gripping the author mentions Oscar by name amid references to other denizens of London, including Oscar's wife Constance.Oscar had invented green carnations as a symbol of Uranian love; his circle of men wore them to various performances of his plays. When accused of writing the novel for attention, he rigorously denied it, although the book would feature prominently in his trials for gross indecency.
Students of the Oscar and Bosie affair are aware that Lord Alfred liked boys, the younger the better. When the fictitious Alfred begins to groom the son of the woman he was courting, a mere page or two establishes the real-life character of the degenerate nobleman. Indeed, he joked to Oscar that his eldest son Cyril, a child of ten or so, would be for him someday. Among the many men shocked by this admission was André Gide, which should tell you everything you need to know about Alfred Douglas, who many blame for the whole indecency debacle.
As the novel is underwritten, reading time is short, so go for it if you want a brief glimpse into this end-of-century succès de scandale. As a stand-alone work, I'm not sure that it is of any interest to modern readers, but you make your own choices. . .
Product details
|
Tags : The Green Carnation on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.,The Green Carnation,CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform,1508829519
People also read other books :
- Cupcakes Ideas creativas que funcionan Spanish Edition edition by Leonardo Manzo Karina Di Geronimo Cookbooks Food Wine eBooks
- How to Write Blog Posts that Sell eBooks edition by Dahlia Valentine Reference eBooks
- You're Awesome Journal Chronicle Books 9781452136608 Books
- Far from the Madding Crowd By Thomas Hardy Illustrated An Audiobook Free! edition by Thomas Hardy Lucky Literature Fiction eBooks
- Gluttony Seven Deadly Sins Book 3 edition by Laura Cooper Romance eBooks
The Green Carnation 9781508829515 Books Reviews
I first became aware of this lovely and witty book in excerpt as part of a collection of Decadent writings. I am delighted to finally have received a complete copy. I have just finished reading it through and I am delighted. I don't have any great insight into this light and lovely work. It is not an intellectual work, nor an in-depth examination of the heart = only a bubbly flute of champagne in which to decadently bathe. (however, you may wish to trade the champagne for a lovely, green glass of absinthe.)
Read this charming book aloud in the orchid house of your local botanical gardens. By all means, wear a green carnation while reading.
For a companion volume, try "Against the Grain" or Wilde's own "Salome'" or "The Woman Covered in Jewels".
This book may have been interesting over a hundred years ago but not anymore. i removed it from my reader
This review is more about the product itself than the story. The print in this volume is ridiculously small. I mean "print on the aspirin bottle" small. It's absurd how tiny the font is. This problem is then exacerbated by the fact that there are brackets included to tell you where the original page breaks are. Is that even necessary? If they can't be bothered to print the book in its original-sized font and pagination, why should I care where the original breaks were? For such a short story I thought the $6.99 price was reasonable, but I'm now sorry I didn't spend $14.99 for the other volume listed as I'm sure the font would be normal-sized and legible.
Very funny read, and I'm sure quite scandalous for the time.. A must-read for fans of Oscar Wilde and people who love turn-of-the-century wit.
If you want to know what Oscar Wilde was inferred in, please read...
Oscar and Bosie were upset about this roman a clef, and understandably so. But it is quite funny, diverting, and even beautiful at times. Social satire with considerable respect paid to the objects of the satire is rare. This is one such example.
"But do you really object to the green carnation?"
"That depends. Is it a badge?"
"How do you mean?"
"I only saw about a dozen in the Opera House to-night, and all the men who wore them looked the same. They had the same walk, or rather waggle, the same coyly conscious expression, the same wavy motion of the head. When they spoke to each other, they called each other by Christian names. Is it a badge of some club or some society, and is Mr. Amarinth their high priest? They all spoke to him, and seemed to revolve round him like satellites around the sun."
"My dear Emily, it is not a badge at all. They wear it merely to be original."
Another minor masterpiece, seldom seen in bookstores, free to all in the store.
Esme Amarinth is Oscar Wilde, and Lord Reggie is Alfred Douglas (Madame Valtesi is Ada Leverson)- The novel, when published anonymously, created a bit of a sensation. Stanley Weintraub opens his introduction to the 1970 paperback with Oscar Wilde's letter to the Pall Mall Gazette denying authorship. In truth, the caricature is too cruel to have been a self-caricature
"My lectures have been gravely discussed. My plays have been solemnly criticised by the amusing failures in literature who love to call themselves 'the gentlemen of the press.' My poems have been boycotted by prurient publishers; and my novel, 'The Soul of Bertie Brown,' has ruined the reputation of a magazine that had been successful in shocking the impious for centuries. Bishops have declared that I am a monster, and monsters have declared that I ought to be a bishop. And all this has befallen me because I am an artist in absurdity, a human being who dares to be ridiculous."
Reading this a second time, I was a little less enthralled than at first by the constant paradox. For those most absurdly brilliant bits, however, I rate this book as highly as Intentions itself
"She walked into the breakfast-room, where she found Lord Reggie alone. He was holding up a table-spoon filled with marmalade to catch the light from a stray sunbeam that filtered in through the drawn blinds, and wore a rapt look, a 'caught up' look, as Mrs. Windsor would have expressed it.
"Good morning," he said softly. "Is not this marmalade Godlike? This marvellous, clear, amber glow, amber with a touch of red in it, almost makes me believe in an after life. Surely, surely marmalade can never die!"
This novella features two lead characters that are obviously based on Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas. Not being pornography, it lacks steam, nor is it detailed enough to be true roman à clef. Oscar himself pronounced it dull; thus, it perhaps should be left to readers who study the lives of these two men, although it is gripping the author mentions Oscar by name amid references to other denizens of London, including Oscar's wife Constance.
Oscar had invented green carnations as a symbol of Uranian love; his circle of men wore them to various performances of his plays. When accused of writing the novel for attention, he rigorously denied it, although the book would feature prominently in his trials for gross indecency.
Students of the Oscar and Bosie affair are aware that Lord Alfred liked boys, the younger the better. When the fictitious Alfred begins to groom the son of the woman he was courting, a mere page or two establishes the real-life character of the degenerate nobleman. Indeed, he joked to Oscar that his eldest son Cyril, a child of ten or so, would be for him someday. Among the many men shocked by this admission was André Gide, which should tell you everything you need to know about Alfred Douglas, who many blame for the whole indecency debacle.
As the novel is underwritten, reading time is short, so go for it if you want a brief glimpse into this end-of-century succès de scandale. As a stand-alone work, I'm not sure that it is of any interest to modern readers, but you make your own choices. . .
0 Response to "⋙ Download Free The Green Carnation 9781508829515 Books"
Post a Comment