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  The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde: The First Uncensored Transcript of the Trial of Oscar Wilde Vs. John Douglas (Marquess of Queensberry), 1895 (Paperback) Introduction by Merlin Holland

  

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  Short Description for The Real Trial of Oscar WildeOscar Wilde had one of literary history's most explosive love affairs with Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas. In 1895, Bosie's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, delivered a note to the Albemarle Club addressed to "Oscar Wilde posing as sodomite." With Bosie's encouragement, Wilde sued the Marquess for libel. He not only lost but he was tried twice for "gross indecency" and sent to prison with two yea...
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  • Publisher: FOURTH ESTATE LTD
  • Published: 01 November 2004
  • Format: Paperback 400 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: Literary | Literary Studies: General | Literary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900 | Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers | Gay Studies (Gay Men) | Jurisprudence | Legal History | Defamation Law (slander & Libel) | Case Law | British & Irish History
  • ISBN 13: 9780007158058 ISBN 10: 000715805X
  • Sales rank: 187,110

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• Oscar Wilde had one of literary history's most explosive love affairs with Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas. In 1895, Bosie's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, delivered a note to the Albemarle Club addressed to "Oscar Wilde posing as sodomite." With Bosie's encouragement, Wilde sued the Marquess for libel. He not only lost but he was tried twice for "gross indecency" 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 hear Wilde at his most articulate and brilliant. The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde documents an alarmingly swift fall from grace; it is also a supremely moving testament to the right to live, work, and love as one's heart dictates.