Chapter 78 "The Yellow Face" and Oscar Wilde

"The Yellow Face" and Oscar Wilde On the evening of April 3, 1895, Wilde was formally arrested at the hotel.this is the nineteenth century A major event in the British literary world at the end of the century.The next morning, the London newspapers reported on the incident, There is a "tidbit" description in it, saying that when he was arrested and imprisoned, he carried a book under his belt, It is a volume of "Yellow Mian Zhi". "Huang Mian Zhi" is a quarterly magazine, which was first published in early April of the previous year (1894). At that time, four or five issues had been published, and it was already considered to represent that kind of world in the British literary world at that time.

A mainstream publication of literary and artistic tendencies at the end of the century.This group of novelists, essayists, poets, new and old People and painters were given a bad title by people at that time, calling them "decadents" (Even Mr. Yu Dafu, who introduced "Yellow Face Chronicles" to China for the first time, was also known as "decadents").Needless to say, Wilde was one of them. "Yellow Face" is Published by Botley Hyatt, London.Its owner, John Long, is a very The energetic new publisher is not only the publisher of "Yellow Face Chronicle", but also published Oscar Wilde and other novels.

His many works.Since the London papers published the copy of Wilde's arrest After "The Chronicle of Yellow Face", those who never liked Wilde were very happy to hear the news. They took the opportunity to protest in front of the "Boutley Hyatt" bookstore, saying that since Wilde committed the crime of dishonor was arrested, he was still reluctant to leave "Huang Mian Zhi" and brought a copy to prison, which shows that this literary and artistic Quarterly must not be a good book either.They don't want Wilde, he doesn't want "The Yellow Face".So the demonstration

Some of the crowd clamored and started, throwing stones one after another, throwing "Boutley? All the glass windows on the facade of the special" bookstore were smashed. In fact, this matter is all "injustice and injustice".When Wilde was arrested the day before, it was indeed I had a book with me, but it wasn't "Yellow Face Chronicles" at all.According to subsequent records, he asked Scotland Yard detective who executed the warrant, could he bring a book to see, they said yes, and he would He casually picked up the French writer Bill Louis that he was reading (this book is in China

There is also a translation, which was translated by the sick man in East Asia and Zeng Xubai and his son, and it was renamed "Death and Flesh". Published by Shanmei Bookstore).Since the cover of French novels is usually made of yellow paper, the "Yellow Face Chronicle" The cover is also yellow, and a journalist's negligence caused the glass windows of the bookstore to be damaged. It was a disaster, and I quickly corrected it later, but it was already too late. Wilde's arrest was not only so implicated in "The Yellow Face", but also implicated in the painter's

Biasley.He is the art editor of "Yellow Face Chronicles", and once gave Oscar Wilde He had drawn illustrations, so many people also attacked Biasley, so he had to leave "The Yellow Face". However, Biasley is the life of "The Yellow Face".Without Biasley, "Yellow Face Chronicles" would not be It's over for a long time. Although Wilde has always been regarded as one of the colleagues of "The Yellow Face".In fact, he never An article was published in "Huang Mian Zhi", and his name was not on the list of "special contributors".

Biasley didn't like him at all.