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 (DIR) Post #B6ejbCLIOSmgSZQEl6 by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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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_WildeBooks by Oscar Wilde at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111#Books #Literature
       
 (DIR) Post #B6eqHeGpY1KGxqxVIW by Karen5Lund@mastodon.social
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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."
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ew4hQrYiM45tbuYy by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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       @Karen5Lund we already made a post about that
       
 (DIR) Post #B6feQRwmD2UaQBifQ0 by Karen5Lund@mastodon.social
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       @gutenberg_org I missed that. Must go look.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6gFveGAB4XNtDWkL2 by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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       @Karen5Lund it was published quite some time. If not on this platform we’ll redo it.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6gWqenESvQnJhCVQ8 by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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       @Karen5Lund https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/114681023910064544RT: https://mastodon.social/users/gutenberg_org/statuses/114681023910064544