Wilde letters up for auction
Letters written by the late Oscar Wilde are to be auctioned off later this month.
The letters appear to reveal Wilde "propositioning" a magazine editor at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
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The letters appear to reveal Wilde "propositioning" a magazine editor at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
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