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    The Return of the Century: The Death and Further Adventures of Oscar Wilde
    The Return of the Century: The Death and Further Adventures of Oscar Wilde
    The Return of the Century: The Death and Further Adventures of Oscar Wilde
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    The Return of the Century: The Death and Further Adventures of Oscar Wilde

    By Ardythe Ashley

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    In 1900, penniless and disgraced, Oscar Wilde, one of the greatest playwrights of all time, dies in a hotel in Paris. Or so everyone believes. Secretly his unconscious body, still flickering with life, is spirited away by devoted friends to an island monastery in the Venetian lagoon where he recovers his health and j

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWarbler Press
    Release dateApr 17, 2022
    ISBN9781957240190
    The Return of the Century: The Death and Further Adventures of Oscar Wilde
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    Ardythe Ashley

    Ardythe Ashley is a novelist and screenwriter who lives and works in Manhattan. She maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis, specializing in work with writers and artists. Her hobbies include watercolor painting.

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