Oscar Wilde's Scandalous Summer: The 1894 Worthing Holiday and Its Aftermath

by Antony Edmonds

Book Overview

In the summer of 1894 Oscar Wilde spent eight weeks in Worthing, during which he wrote his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. This family holiday was a microcosm of Wilde's complicated life during the three years between his falling in love with Lord Alfred Douglas and his imprisonment in 1895. While Constance Wilde, lonely and depressed, fell in love with her husband's publisher, Wilde was spending his time with the feckless and demanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445647966
• ISBN13: 9781445647968
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.8"