Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 4 (1897-1898)
Oscar Wilde
Gelesen von Rob Marland





This fourth collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes the letters Wilde wrote while living in Berneval, in the months after his release from prison, and in Naples, where he shared a villa with his former lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. In a long letter to the editor of the Daily Chronicle, Wilde describes the cruelties of prison life. At this time Wilde was writing The Ballad of Reading Gaol, and the poem is a frequent topic in his letters to his friend, Robert Ross, and publisher, Leonard Smithers. The letters, some of which have been excerpted or redacted, are sourced from auction catalogues, biographies, collections of letters to Douglas and Ross, 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 (3 hr 31 min)
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To Ada Leverson | 1:14 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Frank Harris, 1897 | 1:27 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Mrs Bernard Beere | 1:35 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To the editor of the Daily Chronicle, 28 May 1897 (re: cruelties of prison life) | 27:28 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 28 May 1897 | 9:21 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 31 May 1897 | 15:33 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Ada Leverson | 1:04 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Lord Alfred Douglas | 7:28 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 2 June | 0:56 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Lord Alfred Douglas | 2:50 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 3 June 1897 | 2:34 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Lord Alfred Douglas, 4 June | 1:42 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 7 June | 1:53 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 5 & 6 June | 6:38 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Lord Alfred Douglas, 6 June | 2:56 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 8-13 June | 4:26 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Frank Harris, 13 June 1897 | 11:03 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 15 June 1897 | 1:18 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Lord Alfred Douglas, 15-17 June | 8:20 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross 18 June 1897 | 1:09 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 19 & 21 June | 3:58 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Lord Alfred Douglas, 23 June | 2:44 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 28 June & 6 July | 2:30 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Lord Alfred Douglas | 1:59 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross | 2:41 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 19 July | 0:40 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 20 July (version 1) | 1:57 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross (version 2) | 1:27 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 20 July | 1:07 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 20-26 July | 5:13 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, 4 Aug. 1897 | 1:41 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 24 Aug. | 1:36 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, 24 Aug. 1897 | 1:25 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Lord Alfred Douglas | 1:22 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 4 Sept. | 1:04 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 21 Sept. 1897 | 2:14 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 25 Sept. 1897 | 0:46 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 24 Sept. 1897 | 2:41 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, 2 Oct. 1897 | 3:36 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 3 Oct. 1897 | 2:08 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross | 1:22 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 8 Oct. 1897 | 4:06 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Sherard | 1:42 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 19 Oct. 1897 | 2:34 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, 19 Oct. 1897 | 1:44 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To "a friend" | 0:26 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, 22 Oct. 1897 | 1:09 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, 27 Oct. 1897 | 0:43 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross | 1:36 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 30 Oct. - 16 Nov. 1897 | 7:00 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Ada Leverson, 16 Nov. 1897 (version 1) | 1:09 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Ada Leverson (version 2) | 1:10 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, 16 Nov. 1897 (version 1) | 2:34 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, 16 Nov. 1897 (version 2) | 1:13 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers | 1:15 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 19 Nov. 1897 | 3:22 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, Dec. 1897 | 2:24 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 25 Nov. 1897 | 3:23 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, 23 Nov. 1897 (version 1) | 1:23 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers (version 2) | 0:45 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers (version 3) | 1:42 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, 30 Nov. 1897 | 1:32 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers (version 1) | 1:02 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, Feb. 1898 (version 2) | 1:12 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Robert Ross, 6 Dec. 1897 | 4:53 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers | 2:03 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers | 1:24 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |
To Leonard Smithers, 9 Jan. 1898 | 2:56 | Gelesen von Rob Marland |