U-Oscar Wilde wayengumbhali weqonga waseIreland umsebenzi wakhe wawuhlonitshwa eLondon kwiminyaka yoo-1890. UWilde watshata ngo-1884 kwaye wayenabantwana ababini, kodwa wagwetywa iminyaka emibini ejele emva kokufunyanwa enetyala lokuziphatha kakubi ngokwesini, ityala lolwaphulo-mthetho ngelo xesha. Abo babemdumisa nomsebenzi wakhe babemthanda ngobulumko bakhe; ukufika kwakhe kwisiXeko saseNew York emva kokuzibophelela e-U.S., umzekelo, wathi akananto angayichaza ngaphandle kobuhlakani bakhe.