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After his release from prison, Oscar Wilde spent his impoverished final years in exile in which country?
Answer
France
Wilde settled in Paris after leaving prison in 1897, living there in poverty under the pseudonym Sebastian Melmoth until his death in 1900.
💡 Did you know?
Oscar Wilde wrote 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' while imprisoned, then spent his final years in exile too poor to buy the book he'd just published.
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- Ireland
- Germany
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