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Wilde’s Life Under Glass

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2001

October 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

The beautiful Morgan Library in New York puts the Irish master of wit and self-proclaimed ‘lord of language’ under a glass box this September. “Oscar Wilde: A Life in Six Acts” will display articles of Wilde’s spectacular life. The Morgan gathered photographs, annotated school books, manuscripts, love letters, and personal items from its own collection as well as the British … [Read more...] about Wilde’s Life Under Glass

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