the trials of oscar wilde

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1、TheTrialsofOscarWildeOldBailey，themaincourthouseinLondon，hadneverpresentedashowquitelikethethreetrialsthatcaptivatedEnglandandmuchoftheliteraryworldinthespringof1895.Celebrity，sex，wittydialogue，politicalintrigue，surprisingtwists，andimportantissuesofartandmoralityisitanysurprisethatt

2、hetrialsofOscarWildecontinuetofascinateonehundredyearsafterthedeathofoneoftheworld’sgreatestauthorsandplaywrights？TheeventsthatwouldbringOscarWildetoOldBaileybeganfouryearsearlierinthesummerof1891whenWilde，thenthirty-eightyearsold，metapromisingtwenty-two-yearoldpoetnamedLordAlfredDo

3、uglas（Bosie）atateaparty.Thetwobecameextremelyclose.DouglastookgreatpleasureintheinterestshowninhimbyWilde，alreadyamajorliteraryfigure.Douglascalledhiseldercompanionthemostchivalrousfriendintheworld.WildesawinDouglasnotonlyalivelyintellect，butayoungmanwithanAdonis-likeappearance.Wild

4、emadenosecretofhisinterest.Douglaslatersaid，Hewascontinuallyaskingmetolunchanddinewithhimandsendingmeletters，notes，andtelegrams.HealsoshoweredDouglaswithpresentsandwroteasonnetforhim.Theystayedtogetherineachother’shousesandinhotels，andwentontripstogether.ThefirstseriousproblemforWil

5、degrowingoutofhisrelationshipofDouglascamewhenDouglas，stillastudentinOxford，gaveanoldsuittoadown-and-outfriendnamedWood.WooddiscoveredinapocketofthesuitletterswrittenbyWildetohisyouthfulfriend.Woodextorted??35fromWildeforreturnofmostofthecompromisingletters.Wildelaterdescribedthemon

6、eyasagifttoenableWoodtostartanewlifeinAmerica.Twootherwould-beblackmailersweregivensmalleramountsofmoneyafterreturningtheremainingletters.Wilde’sdownfallcamenotfromblackmailers，however，butratherthefatherofAlfredDouglas，JohnSholtoDouglas，theMarquessofQueensberry.Queensberrywasanarrog

7、ant，ill-tempered，eccentricandperhapsevenmentallyimbalancedScottishnoblemanbestnotefordevelopingandpromotingrulesforamateurboxing（theQueensberryrules）。Queensberrybecameconcernedabouthisson’srelationshipwiththismanWilde.HisconcernwastemporarilyalleviatedattheCafeRoyalinlate1892，whenhi

8、ssonintroducedhimto