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Hard Lines (Wilde anecdote) Oscar Wilde's legal battle with the Marquis of Queensberry (his lover's father) ...
Wilde's Toast? (Wilde anecdote) While dying of cerebral meningitis in a Parisian hotel room, Oscar Wilde was off...
Oscar Wilde & Christopher Columbus (Wilde anecdote) Oscar Wilde was once buttonholed by an American admirer. "Wonderful man, Columbu...
Oscar Wilde's Masterpiece (Wilde anecdote) Wilde was once asked to make various changes to one of his plays. Wilde declined...
Customary Declaration (Wilde anecdote) One day during a lecture tour in 1882, Oscar Wilde was asked by a customs office...
Wilde About Flowers (Wilde anecdote) Oscar Wilde, staying with friends in the country, arrived for breakfast one morn...
Wilde Assertion (Wilde anecdote) Oscar Wilde was once asked why he was not a socialist. "I prefer," he replied, "...
Passion Play (Wilde anecdote) On the mandatory divinity section of an oral examination at Oxford University, O...
Twice Shy? (Wilde anecdote) Frank Harris, editor of the Saturday Review, once hosted a gala dinner at...
Wilde Assertions (Wilde anecdote) Oscar Wilde's historic legal battle with the Marquis of Queensberry (his lover's...
Conspiracy of Silence (Wilde anecdote) When, following Tennyson's death, the mediocre poet Sir Lewis Morris was not amo...
Great Success (Wilde anecdote) Oscar Wilde was once asked his opinion of a certain widely-panned theatrical pro...
Oscar Wilde: Rudiments of Faith (Wilde anecdote) As a young student at Oxford, Oscar Wilde once arrived late for an examination i...
Wilde Notion (Wilde anecdote) "In accordance with his ideas on the dignity of labor [noted art critic John] Ru...
Wilde at Work (Wilde anecdote) Oscar Wilde was once asked what he was 'working at'. Wilde's reply? "At interval...
Medical Advice (Wilde anecdote) Oscar Wilde's battle with the Marquis of Queensberry (his lover's father) began ...
Wilde Experiments (Wilde anecdote) Shortly after his release from prison, Oscar Wilde, living in France under an as...
Plagiarist (Wilde anecdote) Frank Harris (a former editor of the Saturday Review) was an unabashed pl...
Leonard Smithers & Oscar Wilde (Wilde anecdote) The English publisher Leonard Smithers (1861-1907) was notorious for deflowering...
Oscar Wilde: Civil War (Wilde anecdote) "The Civil War is one of the great defining events in American history. Oscar Wi...
Beerbohm Tree... Oscarized (Wilde anecdote) When Beerbohm Tree, having played the role of Lord Illingworth (in Oscar Wilde's...
Sphinx-like Composure (Wilde anecdote) Oscar Wilde's historic battle with the Marquis of Queensberry (his lover's fathe...
Whistler vs Wilde (Wilde anecdote) Not surprisingly, Wilde and Whistler, both notable attention-loving wits, freque...
Lady Windermere’s Fan? (Wilde anecdote) Oscar Wilde was once amused to learn that Lady Windermere's Fan had been ...
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