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New York: Dodd, Mead. Very Good-. 1911. Stiff Card Wrappers. 81 pages; New York: Very Good-. 1911. 81 pages; Separate printing, originally included in his collection of essays INTENTIONS. Contents complete in original stiff boards in blue printed French dustwrapper worn along spine. Offsetting to title page from newsclipping and owner's bookplate mounted to opposite page; rear wrapperadhered to last blank page. A charming press edition. OCLC 6179380 Wilde presents the essay in a Socratic dialogue between Vivian and Cyril, two characters named after his own sons. Their conversation, though playful and whimsical, promotes Wilde's view of Romanticism over Realism. According to Vivian, the decay of Lying "as an art, a science, and a social pleasure" is responsible for the decline of modern literature, which is excessively concerned with the representation of facts and social reality. He writes, "if something cannot be done to check, or at least to modify, our monstrous… Read More

Penguin Publishing Group, 1996. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1996. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Classics, 1996-03-01. Paperback. Good.

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