slauderdale’s Reviews > Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde > Status Update

In my first blush of finishing this book, I must not give into immediately awarding it five stars; I am still annoyed about those missing plates. I am touched by the author’s mission, though, and really think he did an amazing job. He certainly gave me a lot to look for.

Thank you, archived.org. You have proved that I am not crazy. I swear this author keeps referring to various plates, but the book includes no plates. That said, if I check the UK edition, “Oscar’s Books,” on archive.org, the plates are between page 226 and 227.

A little surprised at Thomas Wright’s comments on Le Morte D’Arthur, which I remember being a rather lovely experience. Not that it wasn’t a challenge when I read it, I just don’t see why it should necessarily be more challenging than the other stuff Wilde read or that it should have given him a particularly hard time.