Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

Chapter titled "Toil of Growing Up" which begins: "Oscar Wilde first emerges for us into articulate being in a letter he wrote to his mother...."

Photocopied typescripts, pages 1-705, with handwritten revisions and additional typed revised text taped on.

Text begins with Chapter 2: "Wilde at Oxford".

Photocopied typescript, pages 1-705, with photocopied handwritten and handwritten revisions and notes; title page has pencilled note: "Trudy. This is for word-processing. Hope it is possible. Have 500 pages still to come.."

Draft includes title and preliminary pages; Introduction; text begins: "Chapter 1: Toil of Growing Up...Oscar Wilde first emerges for us into articulate being in 1868 when he was thirteen...."

Photocopied typescript, pages 1-793, with pencilled checkmarks throughout. Includes photocopies of Ellmann's cover letters to "Lee Ann" regarding the manuscript segments and information exchanged between them.

Draft includes title page and Table of Contents. Text begins: "Chapter 1: Introduction...Oscar Wilde--we have only to hear the name to anticipate that what will be quoted as his will turn protentous conventionalities...."

Partial draft begins with Wilde's itinerary for his American tour.

Photocopied typescript, pages 1a-803, marked as Ellmann's working copy; with handwritten revisions and notes in various hands and colors of ink.

Photocopied typescript with preliminary pages, introduction, pages 1-857, multiple versions of end notes; marked as Ellmann's final corrected copy to Hamish Hamilton and Knopf, 3 Dec 1987.