Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 2 (1890-1895)

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

This second collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes letters written when the Irish playwright was at the height of his success. Wilde defends several of his works from criticism and even censorship, and writes "prose poems" to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, that will eventually be read out in court. The letters, some of which have been excerpted or redacted, are sourced from auction catalogues, newspapers, biographies, and other texts in the public domain. For a complete collection of Wilde's letters, please see "The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde," (2000) edited by Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis. - Summary by Rob Marland

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Exchange with the editor of the St James's Gazette, 26-28 June 1890 (re: criticism of The Picture of Dorian Gray) Rob Marland
00:32:51
Play 02 To the editor of the Daily Chronicle, 2 July 1890 (re: criticism of The Picture of Dorian Gray) Rob Marland
00:05:44
Play 03 Exchange with the editor of the Scots Observer (re: criticism of The Picture of Dorian Gray) Rob Marland
00:20:45
Play 04 To Clyde Fitch Rob Marland
00:00:41
Play 05 To an unidentified correspondent (re: biography for a cyclopedia), 1890 Rob Marland
00:00:55
Play 06 To the editor of the Daily Telegraph (London, UK), 3 Feb. 1891 (re: fashions in dress) Rob Marland
00:08:31
Play 07 To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 27 Aug. 1891 Rob Marland
00:01:21
Play 08 To the editor of the Times (London, UK), 25 Sept. 1891 (re: Rudyard Kipling) Rob Marland
00:02:33
Play 09 To the editor of the Speaker (London, UK), 5 Dec. 1891 (re: criticism of A House of Pomegranates) Rob Marland
00:06:10
Play 10 To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 11 Dec. 1891 Rob Marland
00:05:20
Play 11 To the editor of the Daily Telegraph (London, UK), 19 Feb. 1892 (re: actors as puppets) Rob Marland
00:07:35
Play 12 To the editor of the St. James's Gazette, 27 Feb. 1892 (re: criticism of Lady Windermere's Fan) Rob Marland
00:03:14
Play 13 To Monsieur X of the Gaulois, June 1892 (re: censorship of Salome) Rob Marland
00:02:39
Play 14 To 'Sydney', Oct. 1892 Rob Marland
00:00:41
Play 15 To Lord Alfred Douglas Rob Marland
00:01:15
Play 16 To Lord Alfred Douglas Rob Marland
00:01:14
Play 17 To an unidentified correspondent (re: Lady Windermere's Fan) Rob Marland
00:01:21
Play 18 To the editor of the Times (London, UK), 2 Mar. 1893 (re: Salome) Rob Marland
00:01:48
Play 19 To Lord Alfred Douglas Rob Marland
00:01:54
Play 20 To Lord Alfred Douglas Rob Marland
00:01:42
Play 21 To Ada Leverson Rob Marland
00:01:22
Play 22 To Ada Leverson Rob Marland
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Play 23 To 'Frank' Rob Marland
00:02:00
Play 24 To Lord Alfred Douglas Rob Marland
00:01:23
Play 25 To Lord Alfred Douglas Rob Marland
00:01:46
Play 26 To the Editor of the Times (London, UK), 16 Jan. 1894 (re: the Thirteen Club) Rob Marland
00:01:31
Play 27 To Ada Leverson Rob Marland
00:00:42
Play 28 To Lord Alfred Douglas Rob Marland
00:02:57
Play 29 To Ada Leverson Rob Marland
00:01:20
Play 30 To Lord Alfred Douglas Rob Marland
00:11:09
Play 31 Lord Alfred Douglas to the Marquess of Queensberry, Aug. 1894 Rob Marland
00:01:22
Play 32 Exchange with the editors of the Pall Mall Gazette, Sept. 1894 (re: false attribution of poem) Rob Marland
00:09:09
Play 33 To Ada Leverson Rob Marland
00:01:32
Play 34 To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette (re: the green carnation) Rob Marland
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Play 35 To Lord Alfred Douglas Rob Marland
00:03:47
Play 36 To Ada Leverson Rob Marland
00:00:47
Play 37 To Ada Leverson Rob Marland
00:00:51
Play 38 To Ada Leverson Rob Marland
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Play 39 To Ada Leverson Rob Marland
00:00:58
Play 40 To Lord Alfred Douglas Rob Marland
00:01:36
Play 41 To Robert Ross Rob Marland
00:01:06
Play 42 To the editor of the Evening News (London, UK), 5 Apr. 1895 (re: collapse of the Queensberry libel trial) Rob Marland
00:01:12