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His spirit revels in the complements paid to his work by Travers Smith and her colleagues, describes how it feels to exist without a body, and pronounces James Joyce's recently published novel Ulysses a "great bulk of filth". Listeners who are primarily interested in the conversations, rather than Travers Smith's lengthy discussion of them, are directed to Chapter 1 and the Appendices. - Summary by Rob Marland]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/5946678/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Arts</category><copyright>Copyright Valerio Di Stefano</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/fd1d691389ed72bf01b845858a4cd41f.jpg</url><title>Oscar Wilde from Purgatory by Hester Travers Smith (1868 - 1949)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/oscar-wilde-from-purgatory-by-hester-tra</link></image><lastBuildDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 21:35:38 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Valerio Di Stefano</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Valerio Di Stefano</itunes:name><itunes:email>feeds@spreaker.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/fd1d691389ed72bf01b845858a4cd41f.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Hester Dowden, who wrote under the name Hester Travers Smith, was an Irish spiritualist medium. 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