# Oscar Wilde — Heretics character guide

> Oscar Wilde in Heretics by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-heretics

## Who they are

Irish playwright and wit, referenced in discussions of aestheticism.

## In the story

### [I: Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/i-introductory-remarks-on-the-importance-of-orthodoxy)

Cited as an example of society feting a man for preaching an immoral attitude and then punishing him for practicing it.

### [VII: Omar and the Sacred Vine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/vii-omar-and-the-sacred-vine)

Mentioned alongside Pater as teaching the same desolate philosophy of snatching at rare delight.

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