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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 . Early life and marriage. Constance with her son Cyril in 1889.
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 ...
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 ...
Jan 2, 2015 · LONDON — Multiple sclerosis may have contributed to the mysterious early death of Constance Wilde, the wife of the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde, according to a paper published on Friday in the...
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.
Born in London on Jan 2, 1858, Constance Lloyd married Oscar Wilde in 1884 and had two sons in 1885 and 1886.
A slew of unpublished letters, unveiled by Constance's and Oscar's grandson, Merlin Holland, revealed that she met her end by the knife of an irresponsible surgeon.
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...
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...
