The First Stone (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The First Stone (Classic Reprint) written by T. W. H. Crosland and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The First Stone But the De Profundis we know passes for a work of edification. Its introducer ventured to hope that it would give many readers a different impression of the witty and delightful author.' Nobody with his eyes open can doubt that this wish is being abundantly realised. The revulsion of feeling' for which Wilde's friends have laboured with such tender assiduity is actually occurring, and De Profundis has helped it on mightily. Oscar Wilde is nowadays to figure among the 'im proving' authors whom he affected so to despise! Roughly speaking we are invited to say of him, 'thy sins which were many are forgiven thee because at the end thou madest a beautiful, tearful book for the Sunday Schools.' The criticism of the time, which is always a few lengths ahead of the public sentiment or prejudice, commends us even to a more perilous and preposterous complaisance. Is it not time that somebody with a tri e of power over printer's ink spoke out? I think it is, and, accordingly, I seem to have said my say. I shall be told to remember that Wilde was a man of genius, and that he is dead. In view of what is happening under our noses, I refuse to forget that he is fearfully alive, that his genius belonged essentially to the stews, and that he spent his last literary strength on the deliberate production of a work which is disgraceful to humanity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."