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Stuff You Missed in History Class

How Oscar Wilde Worked

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.224.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2010

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The larger-than-life poet and novelist Oscar Wilde remains one of Ireland's most well-known authors, but his life wasn't all accolades and praise. Join Katie and Sarah as they explore the struggles and triumphs of Oscar Wilde in this podcast.

Transcript

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0:30.7

Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HouseofWorks.com.

0:42.7

Hello and welcome to the podcast.

0:44.7

I'm Katie Lambert, and I'm Sarah Dowdy.

0:46.7

And in our Lily Langtree episode, we considered following up with a podcast on Oscar Wilde,

0:52.7

and the response was overwhelmingly in favor of this.

0:57.7

And it's probably because Wilde is a really inspired dramatist,

1:01.7

and he's a talented poet and essayist.

1:03.7

He's one of the best loved Irish writers, which is pretty tough company, I'd say.

1:08.7

But he's also a really amazing man, and I think that's the main reason people are so interested in hearing about him.

1:15.7

He's this bizarre dresser, he's a public wit, he's a famously brilliant conversationalist.

1:21.7

Which is something that's a little bit harder to talk about, of course, than his works.

1:26.7

But one indicator of that is that Churchill chose him as the person he would most like to talk with in the afterlife.

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