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> Among the many hardships of prison life, perhaps the greatest for Wilde, was the absence of talk. The “silent” system then in operation, condemned men to a so
by rabidrat 7y ago
> Among the many hardships of prison life, perhaps the greatest for Wilde, was the absence of talk. The “silent” system then in operation, condemned men to a solitary existence in their cells; and even during the short interludes of exercise and divine worship all talking was forbidden. Without talk Wilde lost part of his own identity.
The 'silent treatment' of this prison system indeed seems cruel and unusual.
- B1FF_PSUVM 7y agoOne of the "Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries" by Gyles Brandreth is set in the convict years of Oscar Wilde, and goes into detail about the prison life. The period settings seem quite well researched, and are rather grim. But the writer also managed to make a decent whodunnit out of it.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoDramatization of the after prison time is also grim - I recommend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melmoth_(comics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melmoth_(comics)
- hluska 7y agoAgreed. The fact that he was convicted of ‘sodomy’, sentenced to two horrible years and the world lost him just a few short years later is absolutely criminal.