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1205:Oscar Wilde
1198:(1936 play)
1195:Oscar Wilde
904:Collections
815:Oscar Wilde
693:Oscar Wilde
549:T.G. Wilson
539:Books about
467:in Dublin.
328:Scandinavia
299:Recognition
216:Anglo-Irish
180:Oscar Wilde
172:archaeology
1370:Categories
1089:(grandson)
972:The Sphinx
619:31 October
601:0679457348
556:References
494:Dean Swift
422:Later life
355:knighthood
324:Heidelberg
289:Isaac Butt
121:Jane Elgee
62:March 1815
1113:(brother)
951:Charmides
457:Connemara
336:Stockholm
249:Porpoises
241:Holy Land
200:Castlerea
103:Surgeon,
94:, Ireland
66:Castlerea
1355:Category
1105:(mother)
1097:(father)
445:farthing
434:, Dublin
253:Crusader
176:folklore
140:Children
1298:Related
528:, 1874.
510:, 1853.
504:, 1851.
498:, 1849.
496:'s life
488:, 1849.
479:, 1840.
332:Uppsala
134:
126:
74:Ireland
1188:Salome
1123:Places
1065:(wife)
1056:Family
1025:Salome
840:Essays
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393:Willie
320:Vienna
305:Dublin
228:Dublin
145:Willie
115:Spouse
92:Dublin
1275:Oscar
1245:Wilde
1235:Oscar
1081:(son)
1073:(son)
982:Plays
936:Poems
822:Novel
730:Wilde
441:libel
397:Oscar
257:Egypt
202:, in
160:FRCSI
149:Oscar
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39:FRCSI
734:ISBN
697:ISBN
621:2014
597:ISBN
174:and
147:and
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55:Born
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