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The Bittersweet Pilgrimage to Hindhead of 7th July 1906The July 1906 Pilgrimage to Tennyson country was one of the most anticipated events of the year.
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Oscar Wilde
Famed for his brilliant wit, Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was a prolific writer and one of the most successful playwrights of Victorian Britain, as well as a champion for the values of Aestheticism.
He visited the Whitefriars Club rooms at Anderton’s Hotel in July 1890 to meet with Friar Sidney Low and talk about his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.