The Model Millionaire

The Model Millionaire. Oscar Wilde. An Irish playwright. He attended the. He continued studies at Magdalen College in Oxford. Later, Wilde returned home and commenced another lecture circuit of England and Ireland. Acclaimed Works. Beginning in 1888, Wilde entered a seven-year period of furious creativity. In 1891, he published his first and only novel. Death and Legacy. Wilde died of. The Model Millionaire is a short story, written by Oscar Wilde in. Summary. The story is about a man named Hughie Erskine. The model gets paid very little and Hughie didn’t think that was fair. Hughie didn’t give an apology but instead received an envelope from Baron Hausberg. Plot Diagram. Introduction. Characters. Hughie Erskine is the main character in the story. Alan Trevor is a painter and Hughie’s friend. Baron Hausberg is an eccentric millionaire. Laura is more. Setting. The setting of this story is set in London. Atmosphere. Lost - in. Themes. Wealth - the. Class differences - all the characters illustrate class stratification in Victorian England. Stylistic devices. Imagery – “He. Dialect – “Good. References.