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Friends such as Aubrey Beardsley and Max Beerbohm record Wilde sitting in the Café Royale in London chatting over dinner about having had relations with five boys in one night, and engaging in analingus.

Friends such as Aubrey Beardsley and Max Beerbohm record Wilde sitting in the Café Royale in London chatting over dinner about having had relations with five boys in one night, and engaging in analingus.

One of his witticisms recorded from this period is "Little boys should be obscene and not heard."

One of his witticisms recorded from this period is "Little boys should be obscene and not heard."

His pronounced pederastic tastes are confirmed by many letters and poems, one addressed to a choir-boy when he was still a university student himself.

His pronounced pederastic tastes are confirmed by many letters and poems, addressed to youths and choir-boys in erotic terms.

The 1995 film about Oscar Wilde, starring Stephen Fry*, omitted any reference to his taste for boys, in order to give the false impression that he was a victim and a martyr.

The 1995 film about Oscar Wilde, starring Stephen Fry*, omitted any reference to his taste for boys, in order to give the false impression that he was a victim and a martyr.

<ref> Richard Ellman, Oscar Wilde.(Random House, 1989).</ref>

<ref> Richard Ellman, Oscar Wilde.(Random House, 1989).</ref>