angol - magyar Művészet/irodalom Költészet és irodalom little empire of admiration

This characteristic has been exploited by some of Wilde's critics to suggest that he was a hypocrite. In fact, Wilde de¬tested hypocrisy, but he regarded himself as an artist in words and wished to create the best impression by charming his audience into his mood. He was also moved by a genuine and genial desire to please other people, and an equally intense and rather pathetic wish to be liked by all those with whom he came into contact. Out of the power of his words he thought he had built himself a little empire of admiration, but too often in fact he had merely provided an hour of quickly forgotten entertainment, like a rather sophisticated cabaret artist.