Groundbreaking work of gay erotica, love and obsession, offering a glimpse of how Victorian homosexuals viewed themselves. Primarily about the love affair between Teleny and Des Grieux, Teleny is also groundbreaking in its character of Briancourt, a dandy who threatens to out the narrator. First published in 1893 by Leonard Smithers, believed to be written by Oscar Wilde, with several others chipping in.