Life and Confessions of Oscar Wilde
Biography & Memoir, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Literary
| Author: | Frank Harris | ISBN: | 9786050362336 |
| Publisher: | Frank Harris | Publication: | March 5, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Frank Harris |
| ISBN: | 9786050362336 |
| Publisher: | Frank Harris |
| Publication: | March 5, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Oscar Wilde was a friend of mine for many years: I could not help prizing him to the very end: he was always to me a charming, soul-animating influence. He was dreadfully punished by men utterly his inferiors: ruined, outlawed, persecuted till Death itself came as a deliverance. His sentence impeaches his judges. The whole story is charged with tragic pathos and unforgettable lessons. I have waited for more than ten years hoping that some one would write about him in this spirit and leave me free to do other things, but nothing such as I propose has yet appeared.
Oscar Wilde was a friend of mine for many years: I could not help prizing him to the very end: he was always to me a charming, soul-animating influence. He was dreadfully punished by men utterly his inferiors: ruined, outlawed, persecuted till Death itself came as a deliverance. His sentence impeaches his judges. The whole story is charged with tragic pathos and unforgettable lessons. I have waited for more than ten years hoping that some one would write about him in this spirit and leave me free to do other things, but nothing such as I propose has yet appeared.
