Editorial Journal of John Cooper on Oscar Wilde
During his visits to America in the early 1880s, Oscar Wilde was merely a controversial figure. His fall from grace was more than a decade hence; or, to employ his own ethical framework, he was still a sinner who had a future.
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Oscar Wilde’s long and eventful journey to California in 1882.
Oscar Wilde travelled across America in Canada to lecture 141 times, but his journey to California was an event in itself. It constituted his longest period of continuous train travel—4 days and 4 nights—incorporating some 1867 miles and over 200 station stops.
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