Oscar in His Own Words

Wilde Lecture at Byers-Evans House - Registration Required

Wednesday, April 30, 7 - 8 p.m.
Byers-Evans House, 1310 Bannock Street, Denver

Enjoy a recreation of Oscar Wilde's 1882 lecture on the Aesthetic Movement in London in the beautiful and historic Byers-Evans House. This special event will utilize the original manuscript of the speech Wilde delivered to a packed house at the Tabor Grand Opera House on Thursday, April 13, 1882. Seating is limited. Please register for this event online or call 720-865-1205.

Stories That Could Be True: Oscar Wilde's De Profundis

Monday, May 12, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Central Library, Level 5 Gates Conference Room

Building upon our last Reading Club selection, Jack Kerouac's On The Road, we turn to another author whose public persona and personal story deeply affects the way we read and understand his writings, Oscar Wilde. Our selection, De Profundis, is written in the form of a letter to his friend, Lord Alfred Douglas, but it is really his apologia for posterity. Wilde wrote De Profundis in his last weeks in prison, and he wrote it as though it would be published. It was published in its entirety many years after his death. There is a limited supply of copies of De Profundis in the Fresh City Life Lounge (Central Library, Level 1) – pick up a copy, read it, make notes in the margin, and bring it back for someone else to read. Then join us for a discussion of Oscar and his final great essay.

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