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Oscar Wilde’s Final Years in Paris
Posted on 03/01/ by Sheree
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Before I get around to posting about my pre-Christmas trip to Paris, here&#;s a few Parisian related posts to get you in the mood.
I&#;ve previously looked at places in Paris haunted by Hemingway, now I&#;m going to look at those where Oscar Wilde hung out.
Oscar Wilde died in Paris’s dingy, flea-ridden Hotel d’Alsace in November , aged The d’Alsace, located on the Rue des Beaux-Arts, was one of many cheap hotels Wilde lived in during the final 18 months of his life (another was the nearby Hôtel Louvre Marsollier, from which he was evicted for not paying his bill).
But much like the writer’s own reputation, both hotels have been restored since the writer’s passing though retracing his footsteps through the city can be a bittersweet experience. For Wilde, there were two versions of Paris. The one that showered him with praise as he rose to literary stardom, embracing him for his talent, wit and conversation, and the one in which he experienced personal and artistic collapse under self-imposed exile following a spell in a London prison.
Paris inspired Wilde from his first visit in when the then 20 year old visited the city with his beloved mother. To him, Paris was the “lit
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The Death of Oscar Wilde
The Death of Oscar Wilde
- 30th November -
“My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go.”
These were reportedly the last words of Oscar Wilder before he died of meningitis in a seedy Paris bedsit, penniless, on 30th November One of the most quoted writers of all time Oscar Wilde is perhaps remembered for the wrong reasons. Had he lived today his story would have been very different and, almost certainly, his life much longer, allowing us to enjoy more of his literary output.
Oscar Wilde was an Aesthete. A man who believed so strongly in art for art’s sake, that art exists for its own beauty alone. He was a man often ridiculed in the press, especially the satirical magazine Punch, for his views, flamboyance and wit as well as later for supposed conduct with Lord Alfred Douglas, the son of the Marquess of Queensberry. Two years in Reading Gaol with hard labour in effect put an end to an extraordinary life that ended aged only Rather prophetically Wilde had said this, “Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.”
He was born on October 16th in Dublin, in a house in what
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Oscar Wilde
Irish poetess and dramatist (–)
This former is distinguish the Gaelic poet tell playwright. Give a hand other uses, see Laurels Wilde (disambiguation).
Oscar Wilde | |
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Wilde imprison | |
| Born | Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde ()16 Oct Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 30 November () (aged&#;46) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Père Sculptor Cemetery |
| Occupation | |
| Language | English, Land, Greek |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma&#;mater | |
| Period | Victorian era |
| Genre | Epigram, drama, short&#;story, criticism, journalism |
| Literary movement | |
| Notable works | |
| Spouse | Constance Lloyd &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Children | |
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