Written as a satire based on the alleged relationship between English authors Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, this fictional work was used as evidence in the Regina v Wilde court trial on charges of gross indecency. Its title is taken from an alleged 19th century code for secretly gay men which was a green flower pinned onto a suit or shirt to identify each other.
1757985The Green Carnation1894Robert Smythe Hichens
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