Franny Moyle (62 page)

Wilde, Lily (
nee
Lees;
later
Teixeira de Mattos; Willie's second wife),
249
,
288
,
326

Wilde, Mary (Sir William's illegitimate daughter),
18

Wilde, Oscar: at Avondale Hotel,
1
,
4
; wit and personality,
4–5
; visits Algeria,
9
,
253
; at Oxford,
21
,
36–7;
; influenced by Pre-Raphaelites and Aestheticism,
36–8;
; leaves Oxford for London,
37–41;
; relations with Florence Balcombe,
39
,
79
; dress and appearance,
40–1
,
46
,
50
,
89
,
95–6;
; satirized,
40
; Constance's romantic interest in,
44–5;
; inheritance from father,
45
; meets and courts Constance,
45–8
,
68–72;
; North American lecture tour (1881–2),
49–51
,
56
,
58
,
66
; supposed relations with Maud Howe,
50
,
65–6;
; publishes first book of poems,
51–2;
; relations with Violet Hunt,
51–2;
; moves to Tite Street with Miles,
52–3;
; and mother's financial difficulties,
63
,
157
; finances,
64–7
,
76–7;
; relations with brother Willie,
64
; in USA for production of
Vera
,
69–70;
; lectures in Dublin,
71
,
104
; engagement to Constance,
72–7
,
81–2;
; Otho warns Constance against,
72
,
78–9;
; lecture tours in Britain,
78
,
81
,
103
, in; work ethic,
78
; sexual experimentation and practices,
79–80;
; devotion to Constance,
80–1
,
102
,
123
,
191
; gives marmoset to Constance,
83
; heavy smoking,
84
; public image,
85
,
89
,
184
,
223
; acquires Tite Street house on marriage,
86
; wedding,
86–8;
; early married relations,
90–2
,
102–4;
; enjoys experiencing low life,
91
,
117
,
121
; lectures on dress,
96
,
99
,
125
; and renovation of
16
Tite Street,
101
; gives puppy to Constance,
103
,
105
; children,
105–8
,
114–16;
; applies to be Inspector of Schools,
108
; journalism,
111
,
139
; death of sister (Isola) in childhood,
115
; declining sexual interest in Constance,
115
,
119
; attraction to young men,
117–20
,
124
,
181–2;
; frustration with marriage,
117
; infatuation with Marillier,
119–20;
; on romantic experience,
119
; physical relations with Robbie Ross,
121–3;
; money problems,
124
; secret homosexual life and marriage,
124
; appointed editor
of The Woman's World
,
125
,
129
,
139–40
,
142
,
145
,
149
,
177
; contributes to Constance's autograph book,
126–7;
; and Constance's entertaining,
128–9;
; short stories,
130
,
134
; upholds ‘art for art's sake',
131
,
137
; Constance assists with writings,
135–7;
; launches
The Woman's World
,
139
; parenting,
146–7;
; supports Constance's political activities,
155
,
157
; interest in hermeticism,
169
; and Constance's membership of the Golden Dawn,
174–5;
; leaves
Woman's World
,
177
,
187
; and Herbert Vivian's portrayal of Cyril,
178–9;
; writes on homosexuality,
179–80;
; homosexual lovers,
180–1
,
192
; individualism,
184–5;
; absences from home,
187
,
191–2
,
194–6;
; extravagant social life,
187
; visits Paris,
192
,
195–7
,
202
; meets Bosie,
194–5;
; dedicates book to Constance,
199–200;
; fairy stories,
199–200
,
316
; holiday with Constance in Norfolk,
201
,
204–6;
; extravagant public behaviour,
202–3;
; homosexual liaisons in Paris,
202
; wears green carnation,
202–3;
; supports Bosie in blackmail case, 203; affair and infatuation with Bosie,
204
,
211
,
216–17
,
221–3
,
249
; golfing,
205–6;
; Bosie joins in Norfolk,
206–7;
; rents cottage at Goring-on-Thames,
209–10
,
224–5;
; royalties and earnings from plays,
210
,
224
; rudeness to Constance in public,
211
; joins Constance and boys at Babbacombe,
214–15;
; prefers to live in London,
215–16;
; patronizes rent-boys,
217
,
220
,
222
,
224
,
247
; at Babbacombe without Constance,
218–19;
; Wood threatens with blackmail,
220–1;
; correspondence with Constance in Italy,
221
; stays in London hotels with Bosie,
222
; visit to Brittany,
225–6;
; deteriorating relations with Constance,
226–7;
; attracted to Catholicism,
229
; fails to attend Lilias Bonar's wedding,
231
; refuses to see Bosie,
232
; renews marriage relations,
233–5;
; theatre-going with
Constance,
233
; meets Bosie in Paris,
235–7;
; and sons' education,
238
; Queensberry confronts in Tite Street,
239–40;
; travels to Florence,
239
; aware of Constance's affair with Humphreys,
245
; harassed by Queensberry,
246
; stays with Constance in Worthing,
246–9;
; satirized in
The Green Carnation
,
249–50;
;
Punch
cartoon with Bosie,
250–1;
; sues Queenberry for libel,
253
,
256
,
261–2;
; Queensberry presents ‘somdomite' calling card,
255
; leaves for Monte Carlo with Bosie,
259–60;
; visits fortune-teller,
261–2;
; attends theatre with Constance before trial,
263–5;
; arrested and detained,
266–9;
; loses case against Queensberry,
266
; popular hostility to,
267
; creditors demand payment on arrest,
271
; tried for indecency and sentenced,
274–5;
; on bail,
275
; refuses to flee to France,
275
; Constance seeks divorce from,
276
,
278
; imprisonment,
276–8;
; writes to Constance from gaol,
278
; Constance visits in gaol,
280–2
,
288–9
,
298
; declared bankrupt,
282
,
287
; claims on Constance's annuity,
287
,
289
,
293–8;
; moved to Reading gaol,
288
; told of mother's death,
288
; turns against Bosie,
290
; and loss of parental rights,
297
; mental and physical decline in prison,
297–8;
; petitions for early release,
297
; release from prison,
299–301;
; accepts deed of separation and annual income from Constance,
300
; celebrates Victoria's diamond jubilee with children's party,
302
; invites Constance and sons to Dieppe,
306
; writes on treatment of children in prison,
307
; proposed visit to Constance in Italy,
308–9;
; stays with Bosie in Naples,
310
; Constance stops allowance,
311
; Constance sends money to,
313–15;
; settles in Paris,
313–16
,
322
; reaction to Constance's death,
318–19
,
321
; health decline, death and burial,
321–4;
; income restored under Constance's will,
321
; visits Constance's grave,
321–2;
; operation on ear,
324
; collected works published,
327
; plays revived,
327

WORKS:
Ballad of Reading Gaol
(poem),
313–14;
; ‘The Canterville Ghost' (story),
130
;
Constance
(draft play),
245
;
De Profundis
(confessional letter),
289
,
326
;
The Duchess of Padua
(proposed play),
66; A Florentine Tragedy
(play),
235
;
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
,
134–8
,
307
,
316
;
The House of Pomegranates
(fairy tales),
199–200
,
202
;
An Ideal Husband
(play),
4
,
7–9
,
12
,
218
,
235
,
252–3
,
323
;
The Importance of Being Earnest
(play),
8–10
,
246
,
253
,
263–5
,
267
,
323
;
Lady Windermere's Fan
(play; earlier
A Good Woman)
,
8
,
194
,
197
,
201–2
,
210
,
327
; ‘Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' (story),
130
;
Mr and Mrs Daventry
(play),
323
; ‘The New Helen' (poem),
39
,
112
; ‘The Nightingale and the Rose' (fairy story),
316
;
Oscariana
(epigrams; collected by Constance),
241
,
244–6
,
248
;
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(story),
31
,
175–6
,
190–1
,
194
,
314
; ‘The Portrait of Mr W. H.' (story),
179–80
,
254
; ‘Ravenna' (poem),
36
;
La Sainte Courtisane
(play),
235
;
Salome
(play),
204
,
217
,
223
,
230
,
233
; Strauss opera,
326
; ‘The Selfish Giant' (story),
136–7;
;
Vera, or The Nihilists
(play),
55–6
,
66
,
69–71;
;
The Wife's Tragedy
(unpublished sketch),
201
;
A Woman of No Importance
(play),
205
,
223

Wilde, Vyvyan (Oscar-Constance's son)
see
Holland, Vyvyan

Wilde, William (Oscar's brother; ‘Willie'): in Dublin,
15
; inheritance,
45
; in London,
45
; journalistic career,
55
,
63
; irresponsibility,
63–4
,
187
; relations with Oscar,
64
; praises decor of Tite Street house,
102
; marriages in America,
193
,
249
; at opening of
A Woman of No Importance
,
223
; death,
326

Wilde, Sir William (Oscar's father): in Dublin,
13
,
15
; affairs and illegitimate children,
17–18;
; background and career,
17
; and Mary Travers scandal,
18–19;
; death and will,
19
,
45
; daughters burned to death,
97
; Constance claims appears to Oscar at seance,
235

Williams, Rosina,
144

Wilson, Dr Henry (Sir William's illegitimate son),
18
,
45

Winter, John Strange (i.e. Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard),
129

Winter, Mary (Otho's wife)
see
Holland, Mary

Woman's Herald
(magazine),
162

Woman's World, The
(formerly
The Lady's World):
Oscar edits,
125
,
129
,
139–40
,
142
,
145
,
149
,
181
; Constance writes for,
140
,
142
,
145
,
176
; radical political line,
155–6;
; Oscar leaves,
176
,
187

women: and marriage,
8
; and ‘Pre-Raphaelite' dress,
23–4;
; at Grosvenor Gallery,
30
; campaigns for social equality,
62–3
,
145
,
150
,
154–6
,
161
; fashion and rational dress,
97–8
,
109–11;
; social issues discussed in
The Woman's World
,
140
; elected to county councils,
154
,
157–8;
; London clubs,
161–3;
; smoking,
164–5

Women's Liberal Association,
148

Women's Liberal Federation (WLF),
148
,
150
,
153
,
156

Wood, Alfred,
217
,
220
,
262

Woodman, Dr William Robert,
168–70

wool: Jaeger promotes,
141

World, The
(magazine),
180