Lillie Langtry
Lillie Langtry

Author: Laura Beatty

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2012-01-31

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1448130557

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Mrs Langtry - born a provincial in 1853, died rich and lonely in 1929 - was surrounded by scandal, luxary and gossip; but this new book goes beyond these outward trappings to lift the masks that Oscar Wilde, her friend and mentor, taught her to wear. It is not so much a life as a series of lives - each one distinct from the next - as Lillie reinvented herself. At its centre are the love letters written by Lillie to Arthur Jones, her childhood friend and secret lover, at the time of her fall from Society, her near-bankruptcy, and the birth of her illegitimate daughter at a hidden address in Paris. Laura Beatty captures exactly the spirit of the age, and reveals a passionate woman for whom the charge of opportunism was by no means the whole story.

Lillie Langtry: A Biography of Her Life and Loves
Lillie Langtry: A Biography of Her Life and Loves

Author: Noel B. Gerson

Publisher:

Published: 2021-02-08

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9781800551794

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Politicians, poets, artists, princes; Lillie Langtry was adored by all. This biography explores the life of a remarkable woman who enthralled Victorian Britain and Gilded Age America. Before Kim Kardashian, Jackie Kennedy and Zsa Zsa Gabor there was Lillie Langtry. Born on the remote island of Jersey in the English Channel, Lillie moved to London at the age of twenty with her new husband, the Irish landowner, Edward Langtry, in 1876 and took society by storm. Social, political and artistic giants from Oscar Wilde to William Gladstone were enraptured by her charm and beauty. Theodore Roosevelt said of her "That woman is a real marvel. And she's so pretty she takes away a man's breath." While Walt Whitman noted "There shines in Lillie Langtry a purity of spirit. Therein lies the essence of human poetry." Yet it was Edward, Prince of Wales and future King of England, who truly became infatuated with Lillie and soon she became his mistress. Over the course of the next few decades she travelled between America and Britain, as she transformed from socialite to actress, captivating newspaper readers with details of her turbulent love life. Noel B. Gerson uncovers the twists and turns of the most famous, some would say infamous, woman of her age as she mesmerized society on both sides of the Atlantic. "a heady, aromatic success story" Kirkus Reviews

Wilde's Women
Wilde's Women

Author: Eleanor Fitzsimons

Publisher: ABRAMS

Published: 2017-09-26

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1468313266

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“A lively debut biography of the flamboyant Irish writer . . . focusing on the women who loved and supported him” (Kirkus Reviews). In this essential work, Eleanor Fitzsimons reframes Oscar Wilde’s story and his legacy through the women in his life, including such scintillating figures as Florence Balcombe; actress Lillie Langtry; and his tragic and witty niece, Dolly, who, like Wilde, loved fast cars, cocaine, and foreign women. Fresh, revealing, and entertaining, full of fascinating detail and anecdotes, Wilde’s Women relates the untold story of how a beloved writer and libertine played a vitally sympathetic role on behalf of many women, and how they supported him in the midst of a Victorian society in the process of changing forever. “Fitzsimons reminds us of the many writers, actresses, political activists, professional beauties and aristocratic ladies who helped shape the life and legend of the era’s greatest wit, esthete and sexual martyr . . . provide[s] a potted biography of the multitalented writer and gay icon . . . highly enjoyable.” —The Washington Post “Fitzsimons brilliantly calls attention to the progressive ideas and beliefs which drew the most daring and interesting women of the time to his side. The depth and painstaking care of Fitzsimons’ research is a fitting tribute to Wilde’s fascinating life and exquisite writing—and really, what better compliment is there than that?” —High Voltage

The Days I Knew
The Days I Knew

Author: Lillie Langtry

Publisher: Panoply Publications

Published: 2000-09

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781886571136

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A notorious beauty and actress who had a number of prominent lovers, including the future king of England, Edward VII, Langtry recounts her life story with great liveliness and humor.

Lillie
Lillie

Author: David Butler

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780446817752

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The King in Love
The King in Love

Author: Theo Aronson

Publisher: Lume Books

Published: 2020-11-12

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781839012594

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An all-embracing account of the loves of that royal womaniser, Edward VII, as Prince of Wales and King. Spanning three decades, the story is set in the extravagant and hypocritical world of late Victorian and Edwardian society.

Oscar Wilde in America
Oscar Wilde in America

Author: Oscar Wilde

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2010-01-06

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0252034724

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Better known in 1882 as a cultural icon than a serious writer, Oscar Wilde was brought to North America for a major lecture tour on Aestheticism and the decorative arts. With characteristic aplomb, he adopted the role as the ambassador of Aestheticism, and he tried out a number of phrases, ideas, and strategies that ultimately made him famous as a novelist and playwright. This exceptional volume cites all ninety-one of Wilde's interviews and contains transcripts of forty-eight of them, and it also includes his lecture on his travels in America.

Oscar Wilde Discovers America
Oscar Wilde Discovers America

Author: Louis Edwards

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2003-01-28

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0743236890

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This compelling and unique fictional foray into American history follows a brilliantly conjured Wilde and his young black valet on a whirlwind tour across the country from high-society Newport to the deep south.