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Original paragraph in
The Boston Post - Saturday, August 24, 1895
The Boston Post - Saturday, August 24, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Boston Daily Advertiser - Friday, August 23, 1895
The Boston Daily Advertiser - Friday, August 23, 1895
Difference
LONDON, Aug. 23. - A statement of the condition of Oscar Wilde's finances, which has just been issued, shows his liabilities to be
£3591, with no available assets.
London, Aug. 22. - A statement of the condition of Oscar Wilde's finances, which has just been issued, shows his liabilities to be
£3591, with no available assets.
His insolvency is ascribed by him to the failure of his action for libel against the Marquis of Queensberry, who is now a petitioning
creditor, seeking the payment of the costs of his defence, which the court ordered Wilde to pay.
Wilde’s income has averaged £2000 a year, chiefly derived from his literary and dramatic work. He has been insolvent two years, his
expenditures having greatly exceeded his income.