The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts

Louis Bayard is an American writer, producer, and author of historical novels based on famous events.

In the novel "The Wilds," he raises the curtain on one of the loudest and most dramatic stories of the art world of the late 19th century - the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde for homosexuality. The famous writer Oscar Wilde, together with his wife Constance and one of his sons, arrives in 1892 to rest among the rural landscapes of Norfolk County. The young Lord Alfred Douglas joins the invited guests. Later, Constance notices that the man's heart no longer belongs to her... The affair with Douglas leads to Wilde's imprisonment and the complete collapse of his family.

Exile, wandering, the years of World War I, the search for answers to difficult questions - L. Bayard insightfully tells the story of the life and pain of the writer's wife and sons, inviting us to look more closely at them to discern the figure of Oscar Wilde.