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Original paragraph in
The Daily Telegraph - Friday, April 5, 1895
The Daily Telegraph - Friday, April 5, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
Manawatu Herald - Tuesday, April 9, 1895
Manawatu Herald - Tuesday, April 9, 1895
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Mr Wilde was subjected to a stringent cross-examination with a view to showing that "Dorian Grey" and some articles in the magazine
Chameleon, with which he is connected, are of an immoral tendency. Mr Wilde insisted that they are merely an expression of 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 £21 and lunched with him in a private room afterwards. The case was adjourned. Defendant was admitted to bail.
At the trial, the plaintiff was subjected to a stringent cross examination with the view of showing that "Dorian Grey," and some
articles in the magazine Chameleon, with which he is connected, are of an immoral tendency. Wilde insisted they were merely an expression of artistic
faculty. His letters to Lord Alfred Douglas were prose poems—extraordinary, perhaps, but not justifying an immoral interpretation. He admitted that he
gave one of his blackmailers £21, and lunched with him in a private room afterwards. Mr Wilde explained the effusive language of the letters addressed to
Lord Alfred Douglas as the natural expression of an artist attracted by a beautiful personality. The Marqus of Queensbery visited his residence and
threatened Wilde, to which the latter responded with—"You are the most infamous brute in London!"