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Oscar Wilde And Reading Jail?
Was he jailed for a long time and was it due to an illicit affair?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It was basically an own goal. A newspaper reported that he was having an illegal gay affair with Lord Douglas, son of the Marquis of queensbury. He decided to sue but later withdrew because of he did not want to cause his lover the embarrasment of a defamation suit. Sadly though in withdrawing he basically admitted the affair ans was then prosecuted inj the criminal courts and jailed. If he'd have ignored the newspaper he'd have been fine.
o god no wonder you are confused - there are majorerrors in each of these posts
Yes Boxing - no Marquis, we have marquesses ( ladies are marchionesses).
case was a card as above
yes they went to court
The DEFENCE was eluctant to defend as any witness ( to kissy kissy) would be under oath admitting an offence
and no one wd do that
and they found a stable-lad ( note to self - do NOT go around kissing stable lads) who wd do so
This was sensationally reported - the ladies of the night on Burlington Arcade ( next Royal Academy) complained that perversion was so popular they had had to reduce their prices!
The suit was libel
I think this is the case where Wilde's counsel says afterr ten days or so, 'My Lord I cant go on' and leaves
He should have chosen Marshall Hall but had fallen out with him and I think his lawyer was Sergt Sullivan.
Marshall Hall they say - wd have torn up the card and told him to forget it.
Clearly oscar didnt get his money's worth from his actual lawyer.
I dont check my facts on AB nowadays, it really doesnt seem worth the effort
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