Ten Beautiful Quotes Oscar Wilde Wrote While He Was In Prison
They’re not the usual lame quotes, they made me think. With photos you may not have seen.
Oscar Wilde committed no crime, yet he did two years hard labor in prison. Locked in a small room, sleeping on a bed of wooden planks.
For a time, he was handcuffed in public at Reading Gaol. People would recognize the fallen star. Mock him. Spit on him. For years, he would cry at that same time every day, remembering that humiliation.
He’d been a rising star. An editor who wrote on the side, hoping to make his writing dreams come true. What writer can’t identify?
And then? Wild success. Four hits in three years. His play, Lady Windermere’s Fan, opened to critical acclaim. Packed theatres and standing ovations.
Then, three more that were wild sensations. A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, which became his biggest runaway success.
Plus, The Picture of Dorian Grey, was rising in popularity.
He was golden.
Then he met Lord Alfred Douglas.
And it all went straight to hell.
