Join the MoLI Book Club to explore a diverse selection of titles with unique insights from a special guest. An informal hour of conversation, discussion and reading, the book club is presented online via Zoom four times per year. The MoLI Book Club is free to join for MoLI Members, but booking is essential.
In this edition of the MoLI Book Club, we will read Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis – Wilde’s famous prison letter is the subject of a new exhibition film at the museum. Hosted by MoLI’s Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, our special guest for this edition of the MoLI Book Club is Professor Nicholas Frankel, a renowned scholar of Oscar Wilde’s work.
Nicholas Frankel has published many books about Oscar Wilde, including Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years, The Short Stories of Oscar Wilde, The Annotated Prison Writings of Oscar Wilde, The Invention of Oscar Wilde, and The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition. He is Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University.
