Oscar Wilde's obsession with books

Advantages: Full of fascinating information about Wilde's life and love of books
Disadvantages: None really, except maybe best enjoyed by those with some prior knowledge of Wilde

...The controversial Victorian playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, so the introduction to this book tells us, ?devoured and luxuriated in books?. He had a lifelong thirst for reading, so it?s not surprising to find that his house in Chelsea was packed with them. Not only was he an avid collector, but he was also an accomplished speed reader with a remarkable ? and to some extent photographic ? memory which helped him to absorb and recall instantly vast amounts of prose and verse. As a reviewer for the Pall Mall Gazette, he could master a book's content, plot or argument in minutes. (If only ciao had been around in those days as well). Maybe it is only fair to get the one major chink in his armour out of the way quickly. Once, when he was preparing a lecture on the poet Chatterton, most of his notes were made up of entire pages and paragraphs...

JOHNV 24.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Oscar's Books - Thomas Wright

"Salami smells like dirty socks" says Oscar

Advantages: Entertaining story with great illustrations
Disadvantages: might give kids ideas!

...Oscar by Torbjorn Lundmark and Dana K. Lundmark ISN 0868962813 Published by Ashton Scholastic Yet another of my children?s books brought back with us from Australia in 1989 so it is quite an old book. It was actually a birthday present from a pre-school friend of my 27 year old daughter! It has been read to many classes of children in school over the years and my husband read it to our grandchildren when they stayed the night a few weeks ago. All enjoyed the story and appreciated the humour which is expressed in both the story and the illustrations. The story is about a nice, well behaved little boy called Oscar who hates salami (I question why anyone would force their child to eat salami) and his ingenious ways of avoiding eating the stuff. The illustrations showing Oscar?s hatred of salami are wonderful and I love the way hid huge...

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Review of OSCAR - Torbjorn Lundmark

Foxtrot Oscar - Sam Tyler wouldn't last a week.

Advantages: A lot of humour and great characterisation
Disadvantages: A bit of clumsy writing, gags petering out

...The 1970s, when everyone went to work on orange spacehoppers, and Slade were the coolest band in town. You could leave your front door unlocked as well. I might only have been born in 1979, but that's how it was, right? In the last couple of years, Life on Mars has reminded us that the decade was really about cops driving through piles of cardboard boxes and wearing brown corduroy. Although the policemen work hard, drink hard and swear like troopers, though, they're always on the side of the angels. Aren't they? Foxtrot Oscar by Charlie Owen tells the story of a police station in a troubled Manchester suburb (fondly known as 'Horse's Arse') during the long hot summer of 1976. The novel is a sequel to the recent Horse's Arse, and focuses on the exploits of a group of policemen with lurid nicknames like Pizza, Psycho, the Grim...

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Review of Foxtrot Oscar - Charlie Owen

And The Oscar For Best Director Goes To... Kirsty

Advantages: Gorgeous Host, Great Awards Ceremony Awarding Everyone In The Film Industry
Disadvantages: Long

...and The BAFTA?s to name a few, however it all comes down to one night. All the awards ceremonies before this night are rehearsals almost to the biggest night in film history... The Oscars. What Are The Oscars Here is a short little explanation of what the Oscars are and why they are such a big thing within the film industry. The Oscars or Academy Awards are annually presented by the AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), and they award some of the best people in the media world, from the best actress, actor to best cinematography in a film. The first ever Academy Awards was held in May 1929 in the middle of the Great Depression in America and was hosted by Douglas Fairbanks and William C. deMille. Since then there have been 81 Academy Awards, the latest was at the start of 2009 and was held on February 22nd 2009...

DixieChick10 06.03.2009 · Read review
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A Picture by Oscar Wilde

Advantages: Brilliantly horrific and satirical, written with a sense of the beauty words can construct that astounds, this is simply wonderful...
Disadvantages: Age has not stolen it's power to disturb - this is no charming classic...

...Oscar Fingal O' Flahertie Wills Wilde was an author and playwright whose range covered just about every genre in the book, and in life he was both amused and pained that many thought this range suggested superficiality. That is one crime of which Wilde can never be justifiably accused. The content of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', a work which is almost semi-autobiographical, works on a multitude of levels. In short, this is the story of a man exposed, through literature given to him by one Lord Henry, to the darker side of life, the sins and pleasures of the flesh and the spirit. Throwing himself into these pleasures with vigour and enthusiasm, the once pure-hearted Dorian Gray becomes a black beast. He remains youthful, beautiful and saintly looking, while all the time the titular picture of him grows more and more repellent as...

RichardW 17.02.2001 · Read review
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Review of The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

OSCARS EVERY PERFORMING ARTIST'S DREAM

Advantages: It proved that even low budget movies(like Slumdog)can make it big.
Disadvantages: Focuses on only the main positions of film making other important positions are sidelined.

...from the TOMB RAIDER beauty(Angelina Jolie) and Anne Hathaway.However my favorite won the award :) :) tra la la la. So according to me Kate Winslet won a closely competed award Now the Best Direction brought the same 5 competitors of Best Film category to compete for another golden statuette.Here as well it was unexpected for me for Slumdog to win as I vied for The MILK.However with due respect to the OSCAR judges this award too was not given to the deserving one. So according to me MILK had to be the winner of BEST DIRECTOR I would not comment on the Foreign Film Category as I did not watch all of them.So I accepted that the chosen winner was the best. Coming to the MUSIC,SOUND MIXING category I readily agree it had to be A.R.RAHMAN.He is a genius when it comes to music,though a class XI drop out he does know how to churn...

anshalpatel 01.03.2009 (07.03.2009) · Read review
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Oscar Wilde's story of the victory of kindness.

Advantages: A story with a moral without being preachy.
Disadvantages: I personally feel the ending is a bit difficult to figure out for young children.

...the tree he is on. And from then the giant undergoes change of heart. The children are let in and the flowers bloom and the birds chirp. But the giant pines for that child who never comes again till it is just the right time for him to. A heart warming story. Oscar Wilde is one of my favorite classical writers. This one is a real good read for smaller kids. Buy it for them but oh please don't leave them agonizing over the end. Explain it to them....

urooj0691 08.04.2009 (09.04.2009) · Read review
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Review of The Selfish Giant - Oscar Wilde

Creme de la Merde!

Advantages: This 'designer' cream will turn your bathroom shelf into a shrine.
Disadvantages: Your bank manager will none too pleased.

...I have read nothing but rave reviews about Creme de la Mer, an A-list moisturiser with an A-list price tag attached. Magazines are forever gushing about this product, associating words such as 'miracle' and 'extraordinary' to it so naturally curiosity got the better of me. Now although I can be somewhat of a beauty product victim and quite impulsive, even I know that forking out around eighty-eight quid for an itsy tub (30ml!) of this wonder is just plain ridiculous. So I sought to foreign lands, the U S of A to be precise, with hope that I could purchase the product for a fraction of the price - this was roughly about a year ago folks, before recession, when the value of the pound was almost two dollars, and so I managed to get hold of it at just over a hundred dollars with postage and packaging which luckily worked out no more than...

Koena 21.04.2009 (20.04.2009) · Read review
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Review of Creme de la Mer Creme de la Mer Face Cream

Try it - you'll love it!!

Advantages: Gorgeous smell, not everyone wears it
Disadvantages: quite expensive

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rut52 27.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of Oscar De La Renta So

Creme de la mer face cream

Advantages: You see results quickly
Disadvantages: Expensive

...I had heard about crème de la mer in the press & looked at the price & thought how ridiculously overpriced. Even though I was intrigued I thought there's no way I can justify spending that much. However things were about to change - fast forward to 3 years later & I have had the worst skin problems with spots & scarring - they seemed never ending & I was beginning to get fed up of always having horrible skin. Then one day complaining to a friend she recommended using crème de la mer. She has been using it for about 5 years & has the most amazing skin - so off I went to Selfridges & got the 30ml pot - I thought I don't want to splash out too much so I thought I'll use this size to try it out. I've been using the creme morning & night on recommendation of my friend to get maximum benefits - this has worked very well for me. It also...

shadia 25.02.2007 · Read review
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