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Non-Fiction of Gay Interest
Content: "In the closing decades of the last century Victorian England was convulsed by a scandal that shook it to its foundations and which has been a matter of fierce controversy and speculation to this day. From the height of his success and popularity as the country's most brilliant playwright, conversationalist and wit, Oscar Wilde was reduced in a week to ignominy and degradation. As a result of his notorious friendship with Lord Alfred Doulas, younger son of the Marquis of Queensberry, and of his feud with the old Marquis, Wilde found himself at the Old Bailey facing a future of imprisonment, ostracism and poverty. With a frankness impossible to previous writers Lewis Broad tells the whole absorbing story of Oscar Wilde's brilliant and tragic life with special emphasis on his psychological make-up and the conduct which led to his ultimate disgrace." (from the cover) Background / Biography:
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"Scenes from a double drama were proceeding that night at the St James's Theatre, London. Within, a brilliant audience were assembled for the presenting of a comedy that was to confirm the fame of Mr Oscar Wilde. Without, a few London policemen and theatre attendants were witnesses of an act in the comedy from life that was to end in Mr Wilde's ruin and the touching off of one of the most grievous scandals that shook Victorian society. It had been snowing that day and the streets were unpleasant to walk, treacherous for carriages to drive on. Nevertheless, beautifully attired women and their squires faced the cold to attend the first night of Mr Wilde's 'The Importandce of Being Earnest'. Already two of his pieces had scored successes. A third had been put on not many weeks before at the Haymarket, the Prince of Wales himself gracing the première with his presence. So the wintry streets did not prevent theatre-goers from turning out for a society and theatrical occasion. The brilliant audience were mostly brilliantly entertained." opening paragraphs, Chapter One Secondhand booksellers |
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