April 2010
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Carson—A perverted novel might be a good book?
Wilde—I don’t know what you mean...
– Wilde being cross-examined by Edward Carson during his libel trial.
Carson actually read aloud large portions of The Picture of Dorian Gray during this cross-examination to support charges brought against Oscar Wilde as someone engaged in “indecent behavior” (a euphemism at the time for...