The Unfinished Individual; In Conversation with Oscar Wilde’s The Soul of Man under Socialism

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The Unfinished Individual: In Conversation with Oscar Wilde’s The Soul of Man under Socialism is now available for pre-order through _Bacchus Editions_.

_Voilà._ The new book includes Oscar Wilde’s complete _The Soul of Man under Socialism_ alongside my own philosophical writings in conversation with one of the great writings on Individualism…

One unexpected part of the project deserves mentioning here! The versions of _The Soul of Man under Socialism_ found on Marxists.org, Project Gutenberg, Wikisource, in countless pamphlets, zines, et many academic publications mostly descend from the _same_ incorrect transcription, copied repeatedly rather than returned to Wilde’s original writing of 1891. In several cases, editions even identify the original publication as their source, despite clearly having been copied from later transcriptions. In the process, words changed et disappeared, paragraphs were rearranged, authorial italics were lost, et so editorial decisions gradually came to be treated as though they belonged to Wilde himself.

_Psst: Within AL too~ But no worries for my beloved__Anarchist Library__._ I will be wandering over there next to share the restored transcription.

Ariel et Marina at our _Bacchus_ have written a little update for _The Unfinished Individual_ over on the _Bacchus Editions_ blog, so make your way over there.

The limited edition first pressing has come off the Heidelberg GTO 52, it looks perfect. It is being trimmed et bound as I type this from lovely Gabriola, BC. Quel plaisir! _The Unfinished Individual: In Conversation with Oscar Wilde’s The Soul of Man under Socialism_ is available to order nowet begins mailing on August 9th.

There is something rather lovely about finally writing the companion I had always hoped to read.

Retour à la mer… et à faire un peu de malice…

Back to the sea and making trouble for me,

XO, Fíona

The Unfinished Individual; In Conversation with Oscar Wilde’s The Soul of Man under Socialism

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