In 1889, #ArthurConanDoyle & #OscarWilde sat down for dinner with J.M Stoddart, editor of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine.
There, Wilde agreed to write “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, & Conan Doyle “The Sign of Four” – one of his most famous #SherlockHolmes stories.
Now, Conan Doyle’s letters recounting that fated dinner and his sole handwritten #manuscript of “The Sign of Four” are being auctioned by Sotheby’s New York.
Gothic Warnings: Jekyll and Hyde, Dorian Gray, Dracula, & the Anthropocene
29 Nov, University of Aberdeen, & online. Free
Dr Emily Alder reconsiders these famous #Gothic works in light of the #Anthropocene, a concept used to describe the impact of human activities on Earth systems & in which the #Victorian period is deeply implicated
#art#history#inktober
look, i know he ain't gonna' shag me...but every year, when 16 october rolls round, he becomes one of my pin-ups.
never forget that one of the world's sharpest wits was more than his champagne-supping gadabout persona reflected. oscar wilde (born #otd in 1854) believed that #socialism would spell true liberation for the human species.
(more about oscar to follow...) #oscarWilde#illustration#author#poet#ireland
@Jigsaw_You I think #trump has reached his goal, eternally famous. And remember #oscarwilde; "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."
I felt like a little poetry after a few puffs this evening and ended up reading "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde. I highly recommend it if you have not read it already. I probably don't seem like the poetry type but every once in a while...
And all men kill the thing they love,
By all let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword.
40+ years ago my father gave to me a small book with Oscar Wilde's select works and I've read all in few days.
I decided to take that old and wornout book and read again. How magnificent stories to treasure today. Young people should read them today #OscarWilde#BooksWorthReading
Today in LGBTQ History May 25, 1895: The authorities imprisoned socialist author Oscar Wilde for two years for “indecency” for having sex with men. Many potential witnesses refused to testify against him. However, he was still convicted. The judge said “It is the worst case I have ever tried. I shall pass the severest sentence that the law allows. In my judgment it is totally inadequate for such a case as this. The sentence of the Court is that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labor for two years.” The terrible prison conditions caused Wilde serious health problems and contributed to his early death.