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I don't give a d--- about my bad reputation.
Oscar Wilde was many things. At his worst, he was a dandy, accustomed to a decadent lifestyle, and intent on living beyond his means. "I have simple tastes," he said, "I am always satisfied with the best." His books and poetry were condemned as "immoral," and the one book Oscar ever wrote, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was highly disputed despite its overall Christian morals and themes (give your soul to the Devil, and you will surely regret it)."Since Oscar wrote Dorian Gray," his wife, Constance, remarked, "no one will speak to us." (Pearce, 170).
At the high point of Wilde's life, he had three plays being performed simultaneously. He was about to meet Lord Alfred Douglas, who may have been the love of his life, and he was involved with a man named John Gray, who was the inspiration for Dorian in The Picture of Dorian Gray (Pearce). Oscar had adapted a devil-may-care attitude. He was writing and making good money. He was famous and popular. His reputation proceeded him in popular magazines and in gossip, but no matter where he went, he was received and adored by multitudes.
What could go wrong?
Ellmann, Richard. (1987). Oscar Wilde.New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
Pearce, Joseph. (2000). The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde. London, England: HarperCollins.
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