For the attention of lovers of the work of the inimitable master of fine literature and refined humor, Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), we offer one of the most complete biographies of the greatest English poet, writer and playwright of the late 19th century, written by the famous French biographer Jacques de Langlade. Based on a huge volume of documents and memories of the writer’s friends and contemporaries, the author paints a detailed picture of the tragic fate of Oscar Wilde, inextricably linked both with the life of artistic bohemia and with the political events that took place in Western Europe. It is quite natural for a French researcher to turn to this topic: both the happiest and most tragic periods of Oscar Wilde’s life are associated with France; when Wilde, after leaving prison, was forced to flee the hypocrisy of Victorian England, France sheltered him; it was here that he died and was buried.