Wild Wilde's 'Love' Letters?!

"Come and dine at Pagani's in Portland Street on Friday 7.30pm. No dress, just ourselves and a flask of Italian wine.

"Afterwards we will smoke cigarettes and Talk over the Journalistic article, could we go to your rooms, I am so far off, and clubs are difficult to Talk in."

"Till Thursday night. This is all wrong, isn't it. Truly yours, Oscar Wilde"

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Oscar Wilde love letters discovered A collection of affectionate letters written by Oscar Wilde to a young male magazine editor have been revealed for the first time.

Previous 1 of 3 Images Next The letters written by Oscar Wilde at the height of his fame are expected to fetch £10,000 One of the letters Wilde wrote to fellow editor Alsager Vian Photo: CATERS One of the letters Wilde wrote to fellow editor Alsager Vian Photo: CATERS

Penned in his own hand, the revealing letters appear to show the poet struggling with his homosexuality at a time when it was punishable by prison.

In fact eight years after he wrote these letters Wilde began his famous two years in HMP Reading for "gross indecency" with the son of a lord.

During his time writing and editing for Society Magazines in London Wilde wrote a series of letters in 1887 to fellow editor Alsager Vian inviting him for 'cigars and Italian wine'

In the final letter Wilde goes to great lengths to encourage a meeting.

"Come and dine at Pagani's in Portland Street on Friday 7.30pm. No dress, just ourselves and a flask of Italian wine.

"Till Thursday night. This is all wrong, isn't it. Truly yours, Oscar Wilde"

In 1895 he was accused by the Marquess of Queensbury of corrupting his son, Lord Alfred Douglas. Read more at www.telegraph.co.uk

 

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