Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright. He wrote Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Wilde was a writer in the Victorian age. He was known for being part of the decadence trend of the late 19th century. Today, we know that Oscar Wilde was Gay or Bisexual. He went to prison for two years of hard labour because he had a sexual relationship with a younger man. This is believed to have contributed to his death at the age of 46.
[change] Bibliography
Prose
- The Canterville Ghost (1887)
- The Happy Prince and Other Stories (1888)
- Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891)
- Intentions (1891)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
- A House of Pomegranates (1891)
- The Soul of Man under Socialism (First published in the Pall Mall Gazette, 1891, first book publication 1904)
- De Profundis (1905)
- The Letters of Oscar Wilde (1960) This was rereleased in 2000, with letters uncovered since 1960, and new, detailed, footnotes by Merlin Holland.
- Teleny or The Reverse of the Medal (Paris,1893)
