Oscar Wilde is from the Irish bourgeoisie by his father, ophthalmologist, serving royalty, and his mother, a poet.
After studying at Oxford, he made his place in society, appreciated for its elegance and intelligence.
He married Constance Lloyd, and has two children. He begins to break into the literary world, especially influenced by English poets.
All smiles, but his attraction to the male, will lose in Victorian society. Lovesick Bosie, a young English 20, he undermines his marriage and incurred the wrath of the father of Bosie, who sues against Wilde.
Deprivation starts after 2 years in prison, he comes out very weak. Constance despite the shame, financial support, and Oscar Wilde seeks at all costs to see Bosie under another identity in France, then in Italy.
This eventually abandon and Oscar Wilde ended his life in the most destitute, begging for help from a few true friends (including Robert Ross), plagued by infection and a resurgence of syphilis.
He will be entitled to a funeral "6th class" and will be subsequently transferred to the Père Lachaise, where Robert Ross, former lover and loyal companion to the end, will be buried at his side.
NB: In the same collection, a must read Agatha Christie.
