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1、TheTrialsofOscarWilde(英)OldBailey,themaincourthouseinLondon,hadneverpresentedashowquitelikethethreetrialsthatcaptivatedEnglandandmuchoftheliteraryworldinthespringof1895.Celebrity,sex,wittydialogue,politicalintrigue,surprisingtwists,andimportantissuesofartandmorality--isitanys
2、urprisethatthetrialsofOscarWildecontinuetofascinateonehundredyearsafterthedeathofoneoftheworld’sgreatestauthorsandplaywrights?TheeventsthatwouldbringOscarWildetoOldBaileybeganfouryearsearlierinthesummerof1891whenWilde,thenthirty-eightyearsold,metapromisingtwenty-two-yearoldpo
3、etnamedLordAlfredDouglas(Bosie)atateaparty.Thetwobecameextremelyclose.DouglastookgreatpleasureintheinterestshowninhimbyWilde,alreadyamajorliteraryfigure.Douglascalledhiseldercompanionthemostchivalrousfriendintheworld.WildesawinDouglasnotonlyalivelyintellect,butayoungmanwithan
4、Adonis-likeappearance.Wildemadenosecretofhisinterest.Douglaslatersaid,Hewascontinuallyaskingmetolunchanddinewithhimandsendingmeletters,notes,andtelegrams.HealsoshoweredDouglaswithpresentsandwroteasonnetforhim.Theystayedtogetherineachother’shousesandinhotels,andwentontripstoge
5、ther.ThefirstseriousproblemforWildegrowingoutofhisrelationshipofDouglascamewhenDouglas,stillastudentinOxford,gaveanoldsuittoadown-and-outfriendnamedWood.WooddiscoveredinapocketofthesuitletterswrittenbyWildetohisyouthfulfriend.Woodextorted￡35fromWildeforreturnofmostofthecompro
6、misingletters.WildelaterdescribedthemoneyasagifttoenableWoodtostartanewlifeinAmerica.Twootherwould-beblackmailersweregivensmalleramountsofmoneyafterreturningtheremainingletters.Wilde’sdownfallcamenotfromblackmailers,however,butratherthefatherofAlfredDouglas,JohnSholtoDouglas,
7、theMarquessofQueensberry.Queensberrywasanarrogant,ill-tempered,eccentricandperhapsevenmentallyimbalancedScottishnoblemanbestnotefordevelopingandpromotingrulesforamateurboxing(theQueensberryrules).Queensberrybecameconcernedabouthisson’srelationshipwiththismanWilde.Hisconcernwa
8、stemporarilyalleviatedattheCafeRoyalinlate1892,whenhissonintroducedh
