Lives of the wits
Auteur :
Pearson, Hesketh
Éditeur :
Faber & Faber
ISBN :
9780571255825
Date de publication :
5 nov. 2009
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,5 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (UK)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
'No pecuniary embarrassments equal to the embarrassments of a professed wit; the disappointment of his creditors - the importunity of duns - the tricks, forgeries and false coin he is forced to pay instead of gold. Pity a wit . Gilbert, Beerbohm Tree, Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, Hilaire Belloc, Max Beerbohm and G.