Book Review: “Oscar Wilde. The Story of an Unhappy Friendship” by Robert Harborough Sherard
Please note: I first published this book review on the “Goodreads”-website in 2023. My rating: 4 (of 5) “stars” I bought a used copy online, at AbeBooks or zvab.com – I can’t remember. The book was first published privately in 1902, I bought a copy which was published in 1908. Robert H. Sherard, who wrote this biography of Oscar Wilde, was a friend of Wilde’s, and he paints a favourable portrait of his friend, but also writes about their falling-out at the end of Wilde’s life. Sherard writes about Wilde’s trial, but only alludes to the reason for this trial. […]