“Audiences deserted his lectures, Harvard students mocked his outfits, and his failures left him drunk and dejected."
Reviewing Michele Mendelssohn's 'Making Oscar Wilde'.
'This third instalment in Smith’s quartet is perhaps the best yet; a novel for our times that asks all the right questions of the current climate, but also of itself. '
The Victorian period was one defined by immense social change - especially in regards to women’s position in society. Throughout the century, increasing debate...
