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Matthew Sturgis



Average rating: 4.16 · 3,197 ratings · 424 reviews · 51 distinct worksSimilar authors
Oscar: A Life

4.29 avg rating — 864 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions
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Tosca's Christmas

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Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography

3.96 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions
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Walter Sickert: A Life

4.29 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions
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Tosca's Surprise

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4.13 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions
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When in Rome: 2000 Years of...

3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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Passionate Attitudes: The E...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions
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It Ain't Necessarily So: In...

3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
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The English Cat at Home

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Paperwork: Peter Clark

4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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“Love is always partly a misunderstanding’;”
Matthew Sturgis, Oscar: A Biography

“When standing and talking – [he] bent the head forward condescendingly to his listener (a trick inherited from his mother), was easily audible in any drawing-room through the buzz of conversation and filled and permeated a room with his presence… Attitude when seated and talking – Leant forward from his waist towards his listener; fixed his eyes full upon him; made much play with his right arm and hand, moving the arm freely from the shoulder, and letting the large hand with its full and fleshy palm move freely on the wrist. When he made a point… would throw himself back in the chair and look at his auditor as much as to say: ‘What can you find to say to that?”
Matthew Sturgis, Oscar: A Biography

“Even among men of science, facts were never allowed to dominate diversion. Dr William Stokes, William Wilde’s great friend and mentor (who lived in the square at No. 5), pronounced it as ‘the golden rule of conversation, to know nothing accurately’.”
Matthew Sturgis, Oscar: A Biography

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