A philosophical novel, first published in complete form in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. The magazine's editor feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted roughly five hundred words before publication. Despite that censorship, and its offending the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding public morality, Wilde aggressively defended his work and art in correspondence with the British press ...
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A philosophical novel, first published in complete form in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. The magazine's editor feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted roughly five hundred words before publication. Despite that censorship, and its offending the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding public morality, Wilde aggressively defended his work and art in correspondence with the British press, and ultimately lengthened the story for book publication the following year.
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