Oscar Wilde: a life

Proem

Part I. The star child. A small unruly boy

A fair scholar

Foundation scholarship

Part II. The nightingale and the rose. Young Oxford

Heart's yearnings

Hellas!

Specially commended

Part III. The happy prince. A dream of fair women

The jester and the joke

Up to snuff

An English poet

Part IV. The remarkable rocket. The best place

Go ahead

This wide great world

Bully boy

Different aspects

The dream of the poet

Part V. The devoted friend. Over the Seine

First drama

Man of the day

New relations

In black and white

L̕Amour de l̕Impossible

Woman's world

Part VI. The Young King. A man in hew

A bad case

Suggestive things

The best society

The dance of the seven veils

Charming ball

White and gold

Part VII. The selfish giant. The eternal quest for beauty

Feasting with panthers

Brief summer months

Enemies of romance

Scarlet Marquess

Part VII. The house of judgment. The last first nights

Hideous words

The prosecutor

Regina versus Wilde

The torrent of prejudice

Part IX. In Carcere Et Vinculis. The head of Medusa

The system

From the depths

Part X. The fisherman and his soul. Asylum

Artistic work

Outcast men

Bitter experience

Part XI. The teacher of wisdom. The Parisian temple of pleasure

Going south

All over.