Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part IV : Henry James, Edith Wharton and Oscar Wilde by their Contemporaries

This three-volume facsimile set collects contemporary memoirs, biographies and ephemera relating to Oscar Wilde, Henry James and Edith Wharton, bringing them alive through the eyes of their contemporaries.

It continues our highly successful "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series.

James and Wilde were very careful to fashion their own images as literary figures, while Wharton had to balance the demands of her position as society hostess with her desire to write.

Between them they helped to redefine late Victorian literature often concentrating on the tensions between the inner life of their characters and the conflicting demands placed on them by a rigid social code.

Editorial apparatus includes a substantial general introduction, introductions to each volume, headnotes, endnotes and a general index.