Oscar Wilde

Barbara Belford spent ten years engaged in research on the 1890s, the Victorian theater, and the minor characters in Wilde's life. Her first biography was of Violet Hunt, a woman whose circle of friends included Wilde, Madox Ford, H. G. Wells, Somerset Maugham, and Henry James. She is also the author of a highly praised biography of Bram Stoker. She lives in New York City.

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