![]() Picture to have eternal youth and beauty, only to face the hideousness Vibrant in the imagination of the public, especially "The Picture ofĭorian Gray", the story of a young handsome man who sells his soul to a ![]() Wilde is immortalized through his works, and the stories he wrote forĬhildren, such as "The Happy Prince" and "The Selfish Giant", are still On his release he was a penniless, dejected Time was outlawed in England-was exposed. However, his case was dismissed when his homosexuality-which at the Not approve of his son's relationship with the distinguished writer,Īnd when he accused Wilde of sodomy, Wilde sued the Marquess in court. Douglas' father, the Marquess of Queensberry, did He had an affair with a young snobbish aristocrat named Wilde was a married man with children, but his private life was as a It was later used as incriminatingĮvidence at Wilde's trial, on the basis of its obvious homosexualĬontent. His other noted work was his only novel, was "The Picture ofĭorian Gray" (1890), which caused controversy as the book evidentlyĪttacked the hypocrisy of England. Recognition until the publication of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" He was an instant celebrity, but his works did not find Personality: wearing long silk stockings-an unusual mode ofĭress-long, flowing hair that gave the impression to many of anĮffeminate and a general air of wittiness, sophistication andĮccentricity. ![]() On his arrival to America he stirred the nation with his flamboyant Of poetry, "Patience", was published in 1881, followed by a play, "Theĭuchess of Padua", two years later. Literary talent was recognized when he received the Newdegate Prize for University in England when he was in his early 20s. He studied at TrinityĬollege in Dublin before leaving the country to study at Oxford Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1854. Of style in life and art, and of attacking Victorian narrow-mindedness. ![]() He was illustrious for preaching the importance A gifted poet, playwright and wit, Oscar Wilde was a phenomenon inġ9th-century England. ![]()
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