A review by mkokias
Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann

3.0

If you want to know every detail of Wilde's life, Ellmann is the place to go. This was not read for fun, this was read for a class all about Oscar Wilde, so this book was perfect. Did I read every word? No. Did I read half the words? Probably... But I had to lug this colossus of a book around with me everywhere as I hopelessly attempted to make a dent in it. The insight is amazing; the detail is too much, which is a good thing if that is what you're looking for. You may say that I have no right to mark down that I read this book... Maybe you're right... But, again, I had to lug it around for a semester, so at this point, I probably know everything about Wilde just through osmosis. And that merits a place on my shelf!!