#OTD in 1895 Oscar Wilde was convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency…
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#OTD in 1895 Oscar Wilde was convicted of “committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons” and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
During his last year in prison he wrote De Profundis. And once released, he wrote one final poem: “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” (1898).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
Books by Oscar Wilde at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
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@gutenberg_org I adore this mention in Wilde's Wikipedia article:
"In 2025, the British Library restored Wilde's library card after the conviction-related revocation of the card 130 years before.[253] The new card was accepted by Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland."
@Karen5Lund we already made a post about that
@gutenberg_org I missed that. Must go look.
@Karen5Lund it was published quite some time. If not on this platform we’ll redo it.
@Karen5Lund https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/114681023910064544
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Attached: 1 image British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency By Dalya Alberge https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/13/british-library-reinstate-oscar-wilde-reader-card Oscar Wilde at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111 #books #literature
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