Real Oscar Wilde

The Real Oscar Wilde, written by Robert Sherard, is the third biography of the renowned Irish poet and playwright, published after Sherard's earlier work, The Life of Oscar Wilde (1906). This biography incorporates insights from Lord Alfred Douglas's Oscar Wilde and Myself (1914) and the unexpurgated manuscript of Wilde's De Profundis, providing a more comprehensive view of Wilde's life and character. Sherard, being Wilde's earliest and most prolific biographer, offers a unique perspective on the complexities of Wilde's personality and legacy.