nonsense relaxing, and who are not made uncomfortable by worldlings both comfortable and conscienceless". Margaret Crosland summarized several critics' feelings toward Leverson and reports that she is seen "as a distant descendant of Jane Austen, sensitive to the hidden motives of behavior, ready to laugh at vanity, understanding of married couples, parents, and children, yet seemingly preoccupied with all that was going on in the world outside". Portrayal in film In the 1960 film The Trials of Oscar Wilde she is played by Maxine Audley. In the 1997 film Wilde she is played by Zoë Wanamaker. Selected works Novels The Twelfth Hour (Grant Richards, 1907) Love's Shadow (Grant Richards, 1908) The Limit (Grant Richards, 1911) Tenterhooks (Grant Richards, 1912) Bird of Paradise (Grant Richards, 1914) Love at Second Sight (Grant Richards, 1916) The Little Ottleys (Virago, 1982) omnibus: Love's Shadow Tenterhooks Love at Second Sight Short stories and parodies "An Afternoon Party," Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, 15 July 1893, p. 13; a parody of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (published April 1891) and A Woman of No Importance (premiered 19 April 1893). "The Minx.—A Poem in Prose," Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, 21 July 1894, p. 33; a parody of Oscar Wilde's The Sphinx (published 11 June 1894). "Overheard Fragment of A Dialogue," Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, 12 January 1895, p. 24; a parody of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband (premiered 3 January 1895). "The Advisability of Not Being Brought up in a Handbag: A Trivial Tragedy for Wonderful People (Fragment found between the St. James's and Haymarket Theatres)," Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, 2 March 1895, p. 107; a parody of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People (premiered 14 February 1895). "Claude’s Aunt" "Mimosa" "In the Change of Years" Memoir Letters to the Sphinx From Oscar Wilde, with Reminiscences of the Author (Duckworth, 1930) Adaptation Sixes and Sevens (2004) References Bibliography Violet Wyndham (1963) The Sphinx and her Circle: A biographical sketch of Ada Leverson 1862–1933 Charles Burkhart (1973) Ada Leverson Julie Speedie (1993) Wonderful Sphinx: The Biography of Ada Leverson External links The Twelfth Hour 2013 reissue by Michael Walmer Love's Shadow 2014 reissue by Michael Walmer 1862 births 1933 deaths British Jews British women novelists 19th-century British novelists 20th-century British novelists Jewish novelists Jewish women writers 19th-century British