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Wilde’s appearance schedule encouraged the American press to embrace and expand on the caricaturish treatment British publications had accorded the writer. (Historic Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)
Wilde’s appearance schedule encouraged the American press to embrace and expand on the caricaturish treatment British publications had accorded the writer. (Historic Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)