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He is now reader in history at the university of edinburgh, and is also a writer, broadcaster and theatre critic, whose first play will be staged at the edinburgh festival fringe in 1994. The complete works of oscar wilde by oscar wilde alibris. Thousands of free ebooks of classic literature for kindle, tablet, online browser or smart phone. The book arrived in good time, wellprotected in a tight polythene wrapper. A comprehensive bibliography of works by and about oscar wilde together with a chronological table of his life and work are also included.
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