Wilde’s Family & Origins

Family & Origins

Wilde’s world began long before the green carnation. These are the people and stories that shaped him.

• Lady Speranza Wilde: Poet, Patriot, and Mother of a Legend
  The nationalist poet and salon hostess who lit the fuse under Wilde’s imagination.
• Sir William Wilde, Mary Travers, and the Scandal That Shaped a Family
  The surgeon-scholar whose brilliance and scandals built the shadow Oscar lived under.
• Isola Wilde and the Poem That Broke Oscar’s Heart
  The sister whose death marked Wilde’s soul — and returned in his writing for years.
• Willie Wilde: The Brother in the Shadow of Genius
  Charming, chaotic, and always compared — Willie was Wilde’s greatest mirror and rival.

Coming soon: Wilde’s schooldays • Oxford years • A day in Wilde’s life