“Newspapers. . . give us the bald, sordid, disgusting facts of life. They chronicle, with degrading avidity, the sins of the second-rate, and with the conscientiousness of the illiterate give us accurate and prosaic details. . .” GivingFactsSinRateDetailsNewspapersAccurateDisgustingFacts Of LifeIlliterateDegradingChroniclesSecond RateConscientiousness Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays