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Available
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Publication
Dover Publications (1973), Edition: Unabridged, Paperback, 366 pages
Description
Four days after the opening of Oscar Wilde's most popular and witty play The Importance of Being Earnest, the Marquess of Queensberry threw down a gauntlet to the playwright in the form of a card - the catalyst for one of the most bizarre contests ever staged at the Old Bailey. Wilde's prosecution for libel and his own subsequent prosecution by the Crown for gross indecency showed a man completely at odds with a class-ridden society that was rife with snobbery and narrow-mindedness. This book describes the case.
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Original publication date
1948
Physical description
366 p.; 8.49 inches
ISBN
048620216X / 9780486202167
Local notes
OCLC = 310
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