
Episode 41: Matthew Sturgis on Oscar Wilde and Social Mores
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Lord Alfred Douglas, a Young Young Man With Crisp, Dark Hair
A. A. Milne: 'I don't think it was extreme youth that am a was the thing that sexually attracted him enormously' He found his partners amongst his social equals, young men just down from the university, actors on the london stage. And then it was really through his connection with alfred douglas, who was intrigued and excited by this underworld of victorian vice,. These young boys who hung round er piccadilly and elsewhere - he sort ofer began to take on that sort of predatory and expiration of scene.
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