Lives of the Wits - Hesketh Pearson - Books - Faber & Faber - 9780571255825 - November 5, 2009
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'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.


368 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 5, 2009
ISBN13 9780571255825
Publishers Faber & Faber
Pages 368
Dimensions 135 × 216 × 27 mm   ·   454 g

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