The Green Carnation

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The Green Carnation is a shameful novella whose protagonists are nearly with reference with Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas – also famous as Bosie, whom the novelist for himself knew. It was a fast succès de scandale on both sides of the Atlantic. The novel highlights the heroes Esmé Amarinth – Wilde, and Lord Reginald (Reggie) Hastings – Douglas. The scripts of the protagonist and his younger buddy in the tale are typically collected from the quotations of the original authors. Robert Hichens spent almost a year “in the company of the men” and to exactly remake the impression and link between Oscar and Bosie. The novel was taken out from publication in 1895, during those times when there was already loss. Oscar thereafter stood 3 uninterrupted trials for Gross Indecency and was sent to prison to two years at hard work. The Green Carnation was among the writings used counter to him by the law suit.

Robert Hichens or Robert Smythe Hichens was a British journalist, author, music lyricist, writer of short stories, music critic and co-writer of famous theatricals. He is mostly recognized as a humorist of the Naughty Nineties.

At 17, he wrote his first book, The Coastguard’s Secret. Then he first came to be successful with the release of The Green Carnation, a humor of his colleagues Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas; when the novel made certain that Oscar was gay, it was taken out from issuance, although not before assisting in setting the platform for Oscar’s public shame and failure.

Robert was also comrades with many other novelists, such as E. F. Benson and Reggie Turner, along with the composer Maude Valerie White.

His first huge popularity was An Imaginative Man; taking place in Cairo, Egypt, a location which attracted him, it is a scrutiny of folly, in which the lead character has several intimate moments and later hits himself against the Great Sphinx.
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