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1、TheTrialsofOscarWilde(英)OldBailey,themaincourthouseinLondon,hadneverpresentedashowquitelikethethreetrialsthatcaptivatedEnglandandmuchoftheliteraryworldinthespringof1895.Celebrity,sex,wittydialogue,politicalintrigue,surprisingtwists,andimportantissuesofartandmora
2、lity--isitanysurprisethatthetrialsofOscarWildecontinuetofascinateonehundredyearsafterthedeathofoneoftheworld’sgreatestauthorsandplaywrights?TheeventsthatwouldbringOscarWildetoOldBaileybeganfouryearsearlierinthesummerof1891whenWilde,thenthirty-eightyearsold,metap
3、romisingtwenty-two-yearoldpoetnamedLordAlfredDouglas(“Bosie”)atateaparty.Thetwobecameextremelyclose.DouglastookgreatpleasureintheinterestshowninhimbyWilde,alreadyamajorliteraryfigure.Douglascalledhiseldercompanion“themostchivalrousfriendintheworld.”WildesawinDou
4、glasnotonlyalivelyintellect,butayoungmanwithanAdonis-likeappearance.Wildemadenosecretofhisinterest.Douglaslatersaid,“Hewascontinuallyaskingmetolunchanddinewithhimandsendingmeletters,notes,andtelegrams.”HealsoshoweredDouglaswithpresentsandwroteasonnetforhim.Theys
5、tayedtogetherineachother’shousesandinhotels,andwentontripstogether.ThefirstseriousproblemforWildegrowingoutofhisrelationshipofDouglascamewhenDouglas,stillastudentinOxford,gaveanoldsuittoadown-and-outfriendnamedWood.Wooddiscoveredinapocketofthesuitletterswrittenb
6、yWildetohisyouthfulfriend.Woodextorted￡35fromWildeforreturnofmostofthecompromisingletters.WildelaterdescribedthemoneyasagifttoenableWoodtostartanewlifeinAmerica.Twootherwould-beblackmailersweregivensmalleramountsofmoneyafterreturningtheremainingletters.Wilde’sdo
7、wnfallcamenotfromblackmailers,however,butratherthefatherofAlfredDouglas,JohnSholtoDouglas,theMarquessofQueensberry.Queensberrywasanarrogant,ill-tempered,eccentricandperhapsevenmentallyimbalancedScottishnoblemanbestnotefordevelopingandpromotingrulesforamateurboxi
8、ng(the“Queensberryrules”).Queensberrybecameconcernedabouthisson’srelationshipwith“thismanWilde.”HisconcernwastemporarilyalleviatedattheCafeRoyalinlate1892,whenhissoni
