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All the Frank Harris pages

To help you find your way around the Frank Harris site, here are links to every major page. Starting Points Search this Site What's New Introduction to Frank Harris Links Searching the Web Visitors' Book The Works of Harris Books by Frank Harris My Life and Loves His life of Bernard Shaw His life of Oscar Wilde Poetry by Frank Harris… continue reading
8 August 2005 Who was "The Woman Who Knew Frank Harris"? Read Alec Waugh's witty and touching account of this unhappy person. 12 June 2005 What links Frank Harris, a recent novel and the Brooklyn Bridge? 22 April 2005 In 1931, not long after Harris died Everyman magazine published what they claimed was his last interview. 16 February 2005 My Life and Loves can now be purchased in the… continue reading
Buying Books There are a small number of Harris' books currently in print, you can buy them on-line through a site such as Amazon.com or simply by ordering them through your local bookseller, which may save on shipping costs. This page concentrates on second-hand (used) books, as that is a more interesting and thornier topic. When looking for books, the best place to start is probably AddAll.… continue reading
A True Friend Harris and Wilde became aquainted while Harris was editor of the Fortnightly Review. After Wilde had had his essay The Critic As Artist published Harris wrote to him, congratulating him and telling him that this essay had changed his mind about him: previously he had 'done him wrong in his thoughts', but now recognised him as a great writer and thinker. From this point onward… continue reading