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1、TheTrialsofOscarWilde(英)OldBailey,themaincourthouseinLondon,hadneverpresentedashowquitelikethethreetrialsthatcaptivatedEnglandandmuchoftheliteraryworldinthespringof1895.Celebrity,sex,wittydialogue,politicalintrigue,surprisingtwists,andimportantissues
2、ofartandmorality--isitanysurprisethatthetrialsofOscarWildecontinuetofascinateonehundredyearsafterthedeathofoneoftheworld’sgreatestauthorsandplaywrights?TheeventsthatwouldbringOscarWildetoOldBaileybeganfouryearsearlierinthesummerof1891whenWilde,thenth
3、irty-eightyearsold,metapromisingtwenty-two-yearoldpoetnamedLordAlfredDouglas(“Bosie”)atateaparty.Thetwobecameextremelyclose.DouglastookgreatpleasureintheinterestshowninhimbyWilde,alreadyamajorliteraryfigure.Douglascalledhiseldercompanion“themostchiva
4、lrousfriendintheworld.”WildesawinDouglasnotonlyalivelyintellect,butayoungmanwithanAdonis-likeappearance.Wildemadenosecretofhisinterest.Douglaslatersaid,“Hewascontinuallyaskingmetolunchanddinewithhimandsendingmeletters,notes,andtelegrams.”Healsoshower
5、edDouglaswithpresentsandwroteasonnetforhim.Theystayedtogetherineachother’shousesandinhotels,andwentontripstogether.ThefirstseriousproblemforWildegrowingoutofhisrelationshipofDouglascamewhenDouglas,stillastudentinOxford,gaveanoldsuittoadown-and-outfri
6、endnamedWood.WooddiscoveredinapocketofthesuitletterswrittenbyWildetohisyouthfulfriend.Woodextorted￡35fromWildeforreturnofmostofthecompromisingletters.WildelaterdescribedthemoneyasagifttoenableWoodtostartanewlifeinAmerica.Twootherwould-beblackmailersw
7、eregivensmalleramountsofmoneyafterreturningtheremainingletters.Wilde’sdownfallcamenotfromblackmailers,however,butratherthefatherofAlfredDouglas,JohnSholtoDouglas,theMarquessofQueensberry.Queensberrywasanarrogant,ill-tempered,eccentricandperhapsevenme
8、ntallyimbalancedScottishnoblemanbestnotefordevelopingandpromotingrulesforamateurboxing(the“Queensberryrules”).Queensberrybecameconcernedabouthisson’srelationshipwith“thismanWilde.”HisconcernwastemporarilyalleviatedattheCafeRoyalinlate1892,whenhissoni
