The family's finances were considerably tightened at this time owing to Sir William
's reduced practice. In 1872 he took out a second mortgage on the Dublin house.
Melville, Joy. Mother of Oscar. John Murray, 1999.
129-30
Wealth and Poverty
Oscar Wilde
The expense of the trial compelled Wilde to declare bankruptcy. He was deeply hurt at losing beautifully bound editions of my father
's and my mother
's works.
qtd. in
Tóibín, Colm. “The Road to Reading Gaol”. London Review of Books, Vol.
