From Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, January 1893
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From Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, January 1893 by Oscar Wilde (Ft. Lord Alfred Douglas)
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Oscar Wilde was a famous English author and playwright, perhaps best known for his book The Picture of Dorian Gray which details the double life and vices of a Victorian gentleman.
In 1891, Wilde was introduced to Lord Alfred Douglas (who was affectionately called “Bosie”) by the latter’s cousin, L...
From Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, January 1893 Annotated
My Own Boy,
Your sonnet is quite lovely, and it is a marvel that those red rose-leaf lips of yours should be made no less for the madness of music and song than for the madness of kissing. Your slim gilt soul walks between passion and poetry. I know Hyacinthus, whom Apollo loved so madly, was you in Greek days.
Why are you alone in London, and when do you go to Salisbury? Do go there to cool your hands in the grey twilight of Gothic things, and come here whenever you like. It is a lovely place and lacks only you; but go to Salisbury first.
Always, with undying love, yours,
Oscar
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Oscar Wilde released From Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, January 1893 on Sun Jan 01 1893.
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While on trial for libel against the Marquess of Queensberry, Wilde’s lawyer, Travers Bailey, used this letter as evidence for Wilde’s heterosexuality, giving questions to which he would provide accounts of how it was merely artistic speaking. Among his answers, Wilde said,
…I consider it to be a w...
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Oscar Wilde (left) and Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas (right)
Oscar Wilde (left) and Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas (right)
Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas (left) and Oscar Wilde (right)