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Wilde ExperimentsShortly after his release from prison, Oscar Wilde, living in France under an assumed name, visited a brothel in Dieppe. "The poet Ernest Dowson pressed upon Wilde the necessity of acquiring a 'more wholesome taste.' They emptied their pockets onto the cafe table, and though there was not much, there was enough, if both heaps were put into one. Meanwhile the news had spread, and they set out accompanied by a cheering crowd. Arrived at their destination, Dowson and the crowd remained outside, and presently Wilde returned. He said in a low voice to Dowson, 'The first these ten years, and it will be the last. It was like cold mutton'... and then aloud, so that the crowd might hear him, 'But tell it in England, for it will entirely restore my character.'"
Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) Irish-born English aesthete, wit, and writer [noted for his scandalous affair with Lord Douglas of Queensbury and subsequent trial (for sodomy) andimprisonment; for his entertaining correspondence; and for such works as Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)]
[Sources: W. B. Yeats, Autobiographies]More Oscar Wilde anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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