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Many years after his first visit there, and with the sobering experience of prison behind him, Wilde was still able to write a tongue-in-cheek comment in March 1898 to a friend who had been to stay in Margate. Wilde’s brief acquaintance with the town derived from a lecture he gave there in July 1883.
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I am very glad you went to Margate, which, I believe, is the nom-de-plume of Ramsgate. It is a nice quiet spot not vulgarised by crowds of literary people.
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| Broadstairs | Wilde stayed at the Albion Hotel in Broadstairs in July 1883 before giving lectures at Margate and Ramsgate... |
| Margate | Many years after his first visit there, and with the sobering experience of prison behind him, Wilde was still able to write a tongue-in-cheek comment in March 1898 to a friend who had been to stay in Margate... |
