The Green Carnation
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The Green Carnation is a novel by Robert Hichens that was first published anonymously in 1894. A satire on contemporary champions of the Aesthetic Movement, it was withdrawn briefly after the scandal
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Lord Alfred Douglas
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Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde. At the University of Oxford, he edited an undergraduate journal, The Spirit Lamp
The Green Carnation
…clef and a gentle parody of aestheticism whose main characters, Esmé Amarinth and Lord Reginald Hastings, are based upon Oscar Wilde and his disciple, Lord Alfred Douglas. It has also been suggested that their hostess, Mrs Windsor, portrays Wilde's faithful friend, Ada Leverson. For most of the time they converse…
Douglas in 1903 (by George Charles Beresford)
His father, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry
Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, May 1893
The calling card, labelled Exhibit A in the trial (bottom left corner)