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Oscar Wilde: The Complete Interviews — Wit, Art, Society & the Price of Genius (Audiobook) Part 2
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✝️ Catholic Star-Rated Critique ★★★☆☆ (3 out of 5 stars) Oscar Wilde: The Complete Interviews offers a fascinating firsthand look at one of literature’s sharpest minds—his brilliance, paradoxes, and penetrating observations on art, society, and human nature. Wilde’s wit remains unmatched, and many reflections on beauty, suffering, and truth possess genuine philosophical depth. However, listeners should approach with discernment. Wilde’s moral relativism, irony toward Christian norms, and occasional glorification of aestheticism over virtue stand in tension with Catholic teaching. While historically and intellectually valuable, the work is best appreciated as a cultural document rather than a moral guide. Recommended for mature listeners interested in literary history, philosophy, and the cautionary tale of genius divorced from moral grounding.