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

Number of Chapters: 42

Length: 02 hours and 38 minutes

Language: English

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

Exchange with the editor of the St James's Gazette, 26-28 June 1890 (re: criticism of The Picture of Dorian Gray) (Rob Marland)

To the editor of the Daily Chronicle, 2 July 1890 (re: criticism of The Picture of Dorian Gray) (Rob Marland)

Exchange with the editor of the Scots Observer (re: criticism of The Picture of Dorian Gray) (Rob Marland)

To Clyde Fitch (Rob Marland)

To an unidentified correspondent (re: biography for a cyclopedia), 1890 (Rob Marland)

To the editor of the Daily Telegraph (London, UK), 3 Feb. 1891 (re: fashions in dress) (Rob Marland)

To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 27 Aug. 1891 (Rob Marland)

To the editor of the Times (London, UK), 25 Sept. 1891 (re: Rudyard Kipling) (Rob Marland)

To the editor of the Speaker (London, UK), 5 Dec. 1891 (re: criticism of A House of Pomegranates) (Rob Marland)

To the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 11 Dec. 1891 (Rob Marland)

To the editor of the Daily Telegraph (London, UK), 19 Feb. 1892 (re: actors as puppets) (Rob Marland)

To the editor of the St. James's Gazette, 27 Feb. 1892 (re: criticism of Lady Windermere's Fan) (Rob Marland)

To Monsieur X of the Gaulois, June 1892 (re: censorship of Salome) (Rob Marland)

To 'Sydney', Oct. 1892 (Rob Marland)