Oscar Wilde, in full Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland—died November 30, 1900, Paris, France), Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose reputation rests on his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). He was a spokesman for the late 19th-century Aesthetic movement in England, which advocated art for art’s sake, and he was the object of celebrated civil and criminal suits involving homosexuality and ending in his imprisonment (1895–97).
Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. A young Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, Wilde read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.
The lists below can be found on this app that give some his main works:
A Critic in Pall Mall Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies
A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane
A House of Pomegranates
A Woman of No Importance
An Ideal Husband
Charmides, and Other Poems
Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life
De Profundis
Essays and Lectures
Impressions of America
Intentions
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lord Arthur Savile Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H., and Other Stories
Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man
Miscellanies
Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Reviews
Salome Tragedy in One Act
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde
Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde
Shorter Prose Pieces
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
The Canterville Ghost
The Duchess of Padua
The Happy Prince, and Other Tales
The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Soul of Man under Socialism
Vera; Or, The Nihilists
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All of the books under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License [www.gutenberg.org]. This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook.
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Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. A young Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, Wilde read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.
The lists below can be found on this app that give some his main works:
A Critic in Pall Mall Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies
A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane
A House of Pomegranates
A Woman of No Importance
An Ideal Husband
Charmides, and Other Poems
Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life
De Profundis
Essays and Lectures
Impressions of America
Intentions
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lord Arthur Savile Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H., and Other Stories
Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man
Miscellanies
Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Reviews
Salome Tragedy in One Act
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde
Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde
Shorter Prose Pieces
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
The Canterville Ghost
The Duchess of Padua
The Happy Prince, and Other Tales
The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Soul of Man under Socialism
Vera; Or, The Nihilists
Credits :
All of the books under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License [www.gutenberg.org]. This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook.
Readium is available under BSD 3-Clause license
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