Gide, in this first English translation, defended a poet named Oscar Wilde when other poets threatened to wreck Wilde's life and attempted to show that Wilde was an honorable man. Gide's personal sketches are presented in this book that are in original form. This work was written during the prime of Oscar Wilde's life. Andr Gide (1869-1951), French writer, whose novels, plays, and autobiographical works are distinguished for their exhaustive analysis...