TIL that, in the 1870’s, Oscar Wilde was madly in love with a young woman named Florence Balcome for two years, only to lose her to author Bram Stoker

https://www.womensmuseumofireland.ie/exhibits/florence-balcombe?fbclid=IwAR2KXPaFkj8RMgEF6f9_h4JGxjlMf0NpJZKRfJBVs11_1ZMzNSibWcWB-VQ_aem_AQQ4FNCb_oF0FWgJFzETYUEjfj8d6-mmA1oO13EUzVA3OuGzywp8fuPNosX338ipo6o&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/151ydww/til_that_in_the_1870s_oscar_wilde_was_madly_in/