libertine
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The Kaufman and James recordings sound more like something out of the buttoned-up Gay Nineties than the libertine Roaring ’20s or the Big Band Era.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
In 2004, Mr. Ziegler’s “Man of Letters” chronicled maverick British publisher Rupert Hart-Davis, who edited the first edition of the collected letters of Oscar Wilde that shed new light on the libertine writer.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023
As a native New Yorker, Lauren would have seen California’s well-manicured image of libertine paradise often.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022
In “Falstaff” the tricking and trapping of the libertine knight is masterminded by Alice Ford, one of the merry wives of Windsor — sung in Florence with lovely vivacity by the soprano Ailyn Pérez.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021
The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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