Oscar and Bosie: A Fatal PassionSutton, 2002 - 267 strán (strany) The love story of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas surely ranks among the world's greatest romantic tragedies. After Wilde's tragic bid to sue the Marquis of Queensberry for libel ended in total humiliation, with his imprisonment, exile and early death in Paris at the age of 46, the London literati split into bitterly opposed camps. Some have believed that Bosie deserted a friend in need, others that Wilde was the innocent victim of a long-running family feud between an obsessed father and his pampered son. Fuelled by the surviving correspondence, successive biographies and Bosie's own polemical writing, the arguments have merely intensified over the years. Of Wilde, however, the question will always remain: Why did he bring about his own downfall? This book is that fascinating and complex story. |
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Strana 120
... witness box [ Wilde ] and ground his teeth and shook his head at the witness in the most violent manner . Then , when the most pathetic parts of the letters came , defendant [ sic ] had the greatest difficulty , apparently , in ...
... witness box [ Wilde ] and ground his teeth and shook his head at the witness in the most violent manner . Then , when the most pathetic parts of the letters came , defendant [ sic ] had the greatest difficulty , apparently , in ...
Strana 132
... witness box , possibly to trot out the stories of the monstrous father whom he had wanted to portray in the libel trial . This would have been even less relevant to the charges Wilde now faced at the Old Bailey , so it is unlikely that ...
... witness box , possibly to trot out the stories of the monstrous father whom he had wanted to portray in the libel trial . This would have been even less relevant to the charges Wilde now faced at the Old Bailey , so it is unlikely that ...
Strana 141
... witness , Edward Shelley , was ruled out by the judge as an accomplice whose evidence was not tenable unless corroborated.41 As Shelley was the only major witness testifying to indecency who was not a renter or blackmailer , this was a ...
... witness , Edward Shelley , was ruled out by the judge as an accomplice whose evidence was not tenable unless corroborated.41 As Shelley was the only major witness testifying to indecency who was not a renter or blackmailer , this was a ...
Obsah
TWO A Long and Lovely Suicide | 28 |
THREE Feasting with Panthers | 45 |
FOUR Queensberry Rules | 62 |
Autorské práva | |
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Ada Leverson Adey Aesthetic alleged allowed April arrived asked Asquith Autobiography beautiful became Beerbohm behaviour bitter blackmail Bosie Douglas Bosie's brother career Carson circle claimed commented Constance court Croft-Cook Crosland dangerous decadence defend Dorian Gray Douglas's Drumlanrig Ellmann evidence father Frank Harris friendship Gide Green Carnation Henry Labouchère Hichens homosexual Hyacinthus letter Hyde Ibid immediately John Sholto jury Kinmount knew later libel Lionel Johnson literary live London Lord Alfred Douglas Marquis of Queensberry marriage Montgomery mother Naples never Old Bailey Oscar and Bosie Oscar Wilde Oxford Paris Percy play poem prison Profundis prosecution published quarrel Queensberry Quoted Ransome realised Reggie Turner relationship with Wilde returned Robbie Ross Robert Ross Robert Sherard Rosebery Ross's Salomé Savoy sexual solicitor Street Sybil Taylor thought Tite Street told took trial Victorian wife Wilde wrote Wilde's witness writing young