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Constance Mary Wilde (née Lloyd; 2 January 1858 – 7 April 1898) was an Irish writer. She was the wife of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde and the mother of their two sons, Cyril and Vyvyan .
Jan 21, 2014 · It was a circle in which young Constance Lloyd found herself enthralled and seduced by its rising star, the critic, poet, and playboy Oscar Wilde, the twentieth century’s first pop culture celebrity.
Jan 3, 2015 · The enigmatic illness and death of Constance, wife of Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde has always been beset by gossip, scandal, and myth making, as much posthumously as during his lifetime. Even as late as 1987 his best biographer to date, Richard Ellmann, reproduced a photograph purporting to be Wilde in drag as Salomé, but which turned out to be a ...
Mar 15, 2013 · Two sketchier, nearly forgotten biographies of Constance Wilde appeared in 1983, and millions of words have been written about her husband’s tragedy.
Dec 26, 2012 · Franny Moyle insists that Constance Lloyd Wilde was no mere cipher — a hapless woman — loyal to her philandering husband, who happened to be the foremost playwright and wit of the fin de siècle.
Dec 16, 2019 · Part of a gilded couple, Constance Wilde was a popular children's author, a fashion icon, and a leading campaigner for women's rights. A founding member of the magical society The Golden Dawn, her pioneering and questioning spirit encouraged her to sample some of the more controversial aspects of her time. Mrs. Oscar Wilde was a phenomenon in ...
Oct 9, 2012 · “Tells the poignant story of Constance in the aftermath of Wilde’s trials and imprisonment, and of her brave attempts to keep in contact with him despite her suffering.” — The Irish Times In...
6 days ago · Oscar Wilde (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland—died November 30, 1900, Paris, France) was an Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose enduring fame rests on his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
A founding member of the magical society the Golden Dawn, her pioneering and questioning spirit encouraged her to sample some of the more controversial aspects of her time. Mrs Oscar Wilde was a...
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