# The Soul of Man under Socialism is issued as a public brief against property-as-duty

Date: 1891

## The fact

In 1891 The Soul of Man under Socialism appeared as a public essay arguing that private property distorts both poor and rich.

It is one event.

## Context

An essay is not a statute. It is still an inequality-norm path. Split 1881 luxury verse.

[Oscar Wilde](/people/oscar-wilde)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row.

## Evidence and sources

Gutenberg’s essay and Britannica independently date the 1891 Fortnightly/public essay.

Official or archival record: The Soul of Man under Socialism — public-domain English (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1017; Project Gutenberg).

## Significance

A public anti-property-distortion brief is an inequality path, not a party programme he administered.

1891 is not 1882’s paying tour.

A public anti-property-distortion brief is an inequality path, not a party programme he administered.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1891 public essay. Not established: a unique Gini series.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Oscar Wilde.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes.

Contribution type is direct. They are not a public rating.

The attached driver is [income-inequality](/drivers/income-inequality). Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.55 and influence 0.55 bound the path; they are not a personality score. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Readers should open both named URLs.

## People

- Oscar Wilde: https://factrail.ai/people/oscar-wilde

## Drivers

- Income Inequality: https://factrail.ai/drivers/income-inequality

## Sources

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1017
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-Wilde

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-soul-of-man-1891