Green Carnation, The
About the Story
After it was anonymously published in 1894, The Green Carnation was an immediate success and was recognized as an accurate portrait of the more extravagant aspects of the Aesthetic Movement in England. The character of Esmé Amarinth is based on Oscar Wilde, and Lord Reginald Hastings is based on Wilde’s companion Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas, both of whom were acquaintances of the author. The book was withdrawn from circulation in 1895 when the Wilde vs. Queensbury case opened at the Old Bailey in April and was one of the works used by the prosecution to convict Wilde for gross indecency. Wilde was sentenced to two years of hard labor.
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