Project Gutenberg 2023-11-02 Public domain in the USA. 100 Housman, Laurence 1865 1959 Housman, Lawrence Bunny, Benjamin 24005689 Echo de Paris $aNew York :$bD. Appleton and Company, $c1924. A record of the author's last meeting with Oscar Wilde. Bob Taylor, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Echo de Paris" by Laurence Housman is a dramatic dialogue written in the early 20th century. This work centers around a conversation among several characters, primarily focusing on the renowned figure of Oscar Wilde, exploring themes such as the nature of art, failure, and societal perception. The book captures a poignant moment of reflection and camaraderie amidst discussions of beauty and artistic integrity. The narrative unfolds outside a café in Paris, where three Englishmen are waiting for Wilde to arrive. As they converse, Wilde eventually makes his entrance, and the dialogue delves into various topics, including the meaning of success and failure in an artist's life, the absurdities of societal expectations, and personal anecdotes that reveal Wilde's multifaceted personality. The conversations are marked by witty repartees and philosophical musings, particularly Wilde’s thoughts on the true essence of art, emphasizing that failure often serves as a more profound teacher than success. Ultimately, the work encapsulates a moment in time that reflects both the brilliance and the tragic failures of artistic lives, particularly exemplified in Wilde’s own experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/echodeparis00hous/page/n5/mode/2up 20220321222334housman 1924 US Reading ease score: 69.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Paris PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 104745 2025-06-28T11:48:34.838960 text/html 80420 2023-11-02T17:02:50 text/html 339570 2025-06-28T11:48:38.128847 application/epub+zip 339092 2025-06-28T11:48:35.851874 application/epub+zip 224973 2025-06-28T11:48:35.268864 application/epub+zip 834783 2025-06-28T11:48:39.841866 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 820719 2025-06-28T11:48:37.683882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85552 2025-06-28T11:48:34.611894 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 65701 2023-11-02T17:02:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15976 2025-06-28T11:48:39.971851 application/rdf+xml 13525 2025-06-28T11:48:35.470902 image/jpeg 2226 2025-06-28T11:48:35.370867 image/jpeg 593534 2025-06-28T11:48:34.857873 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia