To this day, Teleny is printed with attribution to Wilde. Hirsch went on to publish his own printing of the book in 1934, in which he reaffirmed his story that Wilde was a collaborator. “It was evident to me that several writers of unequal literary merit had collaborated in this anonymous but profoundly interesting work,” he wrote. Hulton Archive/Getty Images From left: Wilde and his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas.įinally, Hirsch read the first draft of the text.
