The Decay of Lying

Oscar Wilde

27 pages 54-minute read

Oscar Wilde

The Decay of Lying

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1889

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Oscar Wilde's provocative essay challenges everything you think you know about truth, beauty, and artistic creation. Test your understanding of this witty defense of lying as the foundation of great art.

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