{"id":1034,"date":"2020-01-23T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legamus.eu\/blog\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2020-01-23T21:33:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T20:33:33","slug":"oscar-wilde-twice-defended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legamus.eu\/blog\/?p=1034","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Wilde Twice Defended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1039\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sherardcover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cover picture\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legamus.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sherardcover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legamus.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sherardcover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/legamus.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sherardcover.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em>(first published 1934)<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>Robert Sherard (1861 &#8211; 1943) <\/strong><i><\/i><br>Language: English<\/p>\n<p>Robert Sherard was Oscar Wilde&#8217;s friend of 20 years and first biographer. The Life of Oscar Wilde was the last of the four books he wrote about the Irish playwright and wit. Oscar Wilde Twice Defended is a shorter work than his full length biographies (The Life of Oscar Wilde, and The Real Oscar Wilde), in which Sherard responds to other Wildean biographers, including Andr\u00e9 Gide and Frank Harris. (summary by Rob Marland)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The original text of this recording is in the Public Domain in countries where copyright expires 70 years or less after the author&#8217;s death, but is still protected by copyright in the USA and some other countries. Please check the<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_countries%27_copyright_length\">copyright law of your country<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">before downloading.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><em><a title=\"CC0\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The recording is released under the Creative Commons license CC0.<\/em><\/a><br><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Download-site\" href=\"https:\/\/listen.legamus.eu\/sherard_oscarwildetwicedefended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audio Book Download<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"wikiauthor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Sherard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Wikipedia &#8211; Author<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total running time: 2:20:17 &#8211; Read in English by <a title=\"Homepage\" href=\"https:\/\/robmarland.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Marland<\/a><br><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; Andre Gide&#8217;s Wicked Lies (1\/2) &#8211; 42:04 min <a href=\"http:\/\/listen.legamus.eu\/sherard_oscarwildetwicedefended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[download all sections]<\/a><br>2 &#8211; Andre Gide&#8217;s Wicked Lies (2\/2)- 43:34 min<br>3 &#8211; Oscar Wilde &#8216;Drunkard and Swindler&#8217; &#8211; 42:45 min<br>4 &#8211; An Interview With Mr. George Bernard Shaw &#8211; 11:54 min<\/p>\n<p><strong>In addition to the reader, this audio book was produced by:<\/strong><br>Dedicated Proof-Listener: Newgatenovelist<br>Meta-Coordinator\/Cataloging: Viktor<\/p>\n<p><em>Catalogued 23. January 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(first published 1934) Robert Sherard (1861 &#8211; 1943) Language: English Robert Sherard was Oscar Wilde&#8217;s friend of 20 years and first biographer. 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