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Oscar Wilde's last bill at the Hotel D'Alsace, Paris, France, 1900. 'Dejeuners & Diners - Service a Volonté - Appartements & Chambres Meublés'. (Lunches & Dinners - All-You-Can-Eat Service - Furnished Apartments & Rooms). The total appears to be 175.90 francs. Irish playwright and author Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was sent to prison for 'sodomy', and served two years of hard labour. He died in Paris three years after leaving prison. From 'The life of Oscar Wilde' by Robert Harborough Sherard. [1906].