Le portrait de monsieur W. H. by Oscar Wilde

"Le portrait de monsieur W. H." by Oscar Wilde is a story first published in 1889. It explores an attempt to uncover the identity of Mr. W. H., the mysterious dedicatee of Shakespeare's Sonnets. The narrative follows characters obsessed with proving that the sonnets were addressed to Willie Hughes, a boy actor in Shakespeare's company. Through forgery, research, and tragic conviction, the story examines how belief in an elegant theory can consume those who pursue it, even without concrete evidence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Translator Savine, Albert, 1859-1927
Title Le portrait de monsieur W. H.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Portrait_of_Mr._W._H. Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Portrait_de_Mr._W._H.
Contents Préface -- Le portrait de monsieur W.H. -- Le fantôme de Canterville -- Le sphinx qui n'a pas de secret -- Le modèle millionnaire -- Poèmes en prose: L'artiste. Le faiseur de bien. Le disciple. Le maître. La maison du jugement. Le maître de sagesse -- L'âme humaine sous le régime socialiste.
Credits Produced by Ebooks libres et gratuits; this text is also available at www.ebooksgratuits.com in Word format, Mobipocket Reader format, eReader format and Acrobat Reader format
Reading Level Reading ease score: 77.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Manners and customs -- Fiction
Subject Short stories, English -- Translations into French
Subject English fiction -- Translations into French
Category Text
eBook-No. 15372
Release Date
Last Update Dec 14, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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