This book presents glimpses of Oscar Wilde's emotional life, his obsession with and critique of his lover, and the artistic and existential transcendence achieved after enduring the pain wrought by this relationship and society's moral judgment. This, Wilde's final long prose work before his death, stands as his closest attempt at autobiography and was hailed by American biographer Richard Ellman as "one of the greatest love letters ever written." This edition exclusively includes Wilde's essays "The Soul of a Man Under Socialism" and "The Decay of Lying," alongside André Gide's "Wilde in My Eyes." Together, these works offer a comprehensive journey into Wilde's life and intellectual world, revealing the multifaceted dimensions of his existence and literary legacy.
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