FATE OF OSCAR WILDE.
Is Oscar Wilde alive? Rumour on more than one occasion has answered the question in the affirmative. This time that mysterious . quantity takes" a more definite form, for, says a writer in Modern Society, the poet-dramatist who was supposed to have died o.n November 30, 1900, and to have been finally laid to rest in the cemetery of Pere Lachaise, is said to have been seen in Paris quite recently by his nephew, Mr. Arthur Cravan Lloyd, a professional boxer arid poet, editor of the French paper Maintenant.. .It was. in the columns of that paper that Mr. Lloyd made his statement. On the ; 23rd. of March last he is reported to have said Wilde called at his flat! the poet had grown fat, was wearing a beard, and he told his nephew that he was engaged' in - writing his memoirs. The story-is incredible enough, and Rumour was ever a- lying jade, but unlikely as it is, more unlikely things have happened.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19140110.2.139.30
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15504, 10 January 1914, Page 4 (Supplement)
Word Count
166FATE OF OSCAR WILDE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15504, 10 January 1914, Page 4 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.