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Original paragraph in
Auckland Star - Thursday, April 4, 1895
Auckland Star - Thursday, April 4, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
West Coast Times - Friday, April 5, 1895
West Coast Times - Friday, April 5, 1895
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Oscar Wilde explained the effusive language of the letters addressed to Lord Douglas as the natural expression of an artist attracted by
a beautiful personality. The Marquis of Queensberry visited his residence and threatened Wilde, to which that gentleman responded with, "You are the most
infamous brute in London."
Wilde was subjected to a stringent cross-examination with the view of showing that "Dorian Gray," and some articles in a magazine,
"Chameleon," with which he is connected, are of an immoral tendency. Wilde insisted that they are merely an expression of the artistic faculty. His
letters to Lord. Douglas were prose poems—extraordinary, perhaps, but not justifying an immoral interpretation. He admitted that he gave one of his
alleged blackmailers twenty-one pounds, and lunched with him in a private room afterwards.
Wilde was subjected to a stringent cross-examination with the view of showing "Dorian Grey" and some articles in the magazine
"Chameleon" with which he is connected, are of an immoral tendency. Wilde insisted that they are merely the expression of an artistic faculty. His letters
to Douglas were prose poems, extraordinary perhaps, but not justifying an immoral interpretation. He admitted he gave one of his alleged blackmailers £21
and lunched with him in a private room afterwards. The case was adjourned, defendant being admitted to bail.
The case was adjourned, defendant being admitted to bail.