Lloyd Lewis and Henry Justin Smith:
Oscar Wilde Discovers America [1882]
Oscar Wilde Discovers America [1882]
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| 01 - Book One: The Aesthetes. 1. 'A Most Intense Young Man' (35:24) | [download] |
| 02 - 2. Advance Poster for Patience (30:10) | [download] |
| 03 - Book Two: First Discoveries. 1. 'Nothing to Declare But My Genius' (36:25) | [download] |
| 04 - 2. Lilies Over Ladies' Hearts (52:04) | [download] |
| 05 - 3. At Whitman's Feet (54:09) | [download] |
| 06 - 4. Tongueless Silence ... Dreamless Dust (41:56) | [download] |
| 07 - 5. The Trials of Guiteau—and Oscar (16:07) | [download] |
| 08 - 6. In the 'Athens of America' (25:12) | [download] |
| 09 - 7. Lady of 'The Battle-Hymn' (19:26) | [download] |
| 10 - 8. 'Gentle, Sweet, and Crushing' (32:12) | [download] |
| 11 - Book Three: March Across the Continent. 1. 'America—the Paradise of Women' (54:28) | [download] |
| 12 - 2. 'Wild Oscar, the Ass-thete' (30:26) | [download] |
| 13 - 3. Chicago, the 'Windy' (19:02) | [download] |
| 14 - 4. 'A Castellated Monstrosity' (24:35) | [download] |
| 15 - 5. 'The Free-Lunch Route' (27:01) | [download] |
| 16 - 6. Ice Cream with the Governor of Indiana (29:12) | [download] |
| 17 - 7. The Beautiful Streets of St. Louis (43:45) | [download] |
| 18 - 8. A Nation of Orators (38:05) | [download] |
| 19 - 9. Aesthetes in Leather (41:50) | [download] |
| 20 - 10. A Three-Bottle Man Comes to California (42:51) | [download] |
| 21 - 11. Jesse, by Jehovah! (51:46) | [download] |
| 22 - 12. The Scarlet Aesthetes of Denver, 1-4 (31:53) | [download] |
| 23 - 12. The Scarlet Aesthetes of Denver, 5-6 (33:05) | [download] |
| 24 - 13. 'Eugene Field Plays It Pretty Low-down', 1-5 (31:48) | [download] |
| 25 - 13. 'Eugene Field Plays It Pretty Low-down', 6-9 (33:11) | [download] |
| 26 - Book Four: Eastward, Southward, Northward. 1. Sunflowers in Kansas (38:29) | [download] |
| 27 - 2. 'Adds a New Horror to Death' (37:31) | [download] |
| 28 - 3. 'Most Beautiful Flower in the South', 1-6 (35:00) | [download] |
| 29 - 3. 'Most Beautiful Flower in the South', 7-12 (38:27) | [download] |
| 30 - 4. Immortalized in Crazy Quilts (37:03) | [download] |
| 31 - Book Five: 'I Would Rather Have Discovered Mrs. Langtry...'. 'The Public Be Damned!' (49:38) | [download] |
| 32 - 2. 'Lily of Love, Pure and Inviolate' (33:17) | [download] |
| 33 - 3. 'Do You Love Mrs. Langtry?' (42:00) | [download] |
| 34 - 4. 'No Wave of His Chiseled Hand' (4:22) | [download] |