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Wilde, Oscar: Lord Alfred Douglas
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Oscar was 36 when he met the person who was to lead to his downfall in 1891. Lord Alfred Douglas was then 21. Called Bosie by his family, Douglas was temperamental, capricious, and willful. The two became lovers.
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Oscar Wilde's romantic relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas was ... his downfall. The relationship left him vulnerable, and eventually resulted in charges of homosexuality. He was sentenced to two years of hard labor.
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After Wilde's death, his friend Frank Harris wrote a biography, Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions. Of his other close friends, Robert Sherard, Robert Ross, Charles Ricketts and Lord Alfred Douglas variously published biographies, reminiscences or correspondence.
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