Likely identity of Oscar Wilde´s American sweetheart `Hattie´ uncovered
(The Guardian Books News)

Biographer pinpoints the woman who stole writer´s heart on his 1882 US book tourIt was on his famous 1882 lecture tour of the United States and Canada that Oscar Wilde briefly lost his heart to a woman called `Hattie`.He wrote to her: `When I think of America I only remember someone whose lips are like the crimson petals of a summer rose, whose eyes are two brown agates, who has the fascination of a panther, the pluck of a tigress, and the grace of a bird. Darling Hattie, I now realise that I am absolutely in love with you, and for ever and ever...`The circumstantial evidence linking the Crockers with Wilde´s tour and his stay in San Francisco is so strong Continue reading...