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The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde had one of literary history's mostexplosive love affairs with Lord Alfred "Bosie"Douglas. In 1895, Bosie's father, the Marquessof Queensberry, delivered a note to the Albemarle Clubaddressed to "Oscar Wilde posing as sodomite." WithBosie's encouragement, Wilde sued the Marquess forlibel. He not only lost but he was tried twice for "grossindecency" and sent to prison with two years' hard labor.With this publication of the uncensored trial transcripts, readers can for the first time in more than a century hearWilde at his most articulate and brilliant. The Real Trialof Oscar Wilde documents an alarmingly swift fall fromgrace; it is also a supremely...
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"Brilliant." -- Seattle Weekly
"Sharp, unillusioned and free from family piety." -- Daily Telegraph (London) on The Wilde Album
"Inordinately gripping." -- New York Times
"Tantalizing." -- Los Angeles Times
"Touching . sharp, unsentimental . an expectedly vivid portrait." -- London Times on The Wilde Album
"Marvellous . a feast." -- The Independent on The Wilde Album
Inordinately gripping. --New York Times
Tantalizing. --Los Angeles Times
Brilliant. --Seattle Weekly
"The author has a wry lucid style that moves along briskly...an excellent little book."--Sunday Boston Globe on The Wilde Album
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"Sharp, unillusioned and free from family piety." -- Daily Telegraph (London) on The Wilde Album
"Inordinately gripping." -- New York Times
"Tantalizing." -- Los Angeles Times
"Touching . sharp, unsentimental . an expectedly vivid portrait." -- London Times on The Wilde Album
"Marvellous . a feast." -- The Independent on The Wilde Album
Inordinately gripping. --New York Times
Tantalizing. --Los Angeles Times
Brilliant. --Seattle Weekly
"The author has a wry lucid style that moves along briskly...an excellent little book."--Sunday Boston Globe on The Wilde Album
Merlin Holland is Oscar Wilde's only grandson. He has been researching Wilde's life for the last twenty years. He is the coeditor of The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde.
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- PublisherHarper Perennial
- Publication date2004
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- ISBN 13 9780007158058
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