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Although never proven, it is widely believed that the true author of the book was Oscar Wilde, an important and earnest Irish writer. Given the publication date, the tome could have been written in the can, where Wilde was serving time for being altogether too happy during the later Victorian period – a behavior seen as disrespectful to Queen Victoria who was on month 456 of the traditional one-year period of mourning observed by even the most pious of women of the era.

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  • Although never proven, it is widely believed that the true author of the book was Oscar Wilde, an important and earnest Irish writer. Given the publication date, the tome could have been written in the can, where Wilde was serving time for being altogether too happy during the later Victorian period – a behavior seen as disrespectful to Queen Victoria who was on month 456 of the traditional one-year period of mourning observed by even the most pious of women of the era.
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  • Although never proven, it is widely believed that the true author of the book was Oscar Wilde, an important and earnest Irish writer. Given the publication date, the tome could have been written in the can, where Wilde was serving time for being altogether too happy during the later Victorian period – a behavior seen as disrespectful to Queen Victoria who was on month 456 of the traditional one-year period of mourning observed by even the most pious of women of the era. The book was a critical success, although it was viewed as somewhat of an inside joke by many. A nineteen-year old H. L. Mencken, writing under the user name of “Ambrose Rectumble” called the book an “amusing trifle written by one who not only understands that skill of scorn, but knows how to use it his advantage in the chat room.” Dorothy Parker, the rapier tongued ringmaster of the Algonquin Elementary School Lunch Table said of the book that “This is not a book to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
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