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    Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde [a] (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s.

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    Wilde was born in Ireland in 1854. He went to school at Trinity College in Dublin. Then he went the Magdalen College (part of Oxford University.) In London, he worked as a journalistfor four years. Oscar Wilde was a paedophile and a sex tourist. He was very well known in his time. This was because he dressed well and was very good at conversation. ...

    Wilde was in a romantic relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas. Douglas was the son of the Marquess of Queensberry. Queensberry argued a lot with his son. He spoke to Wilde and Douglas several times about their relationship. In June of 1894, Queensberry visited Wilde with no warning. Queensberry threatened to beat up Wilde if he saw Wilde with his s...

    Wilde vs Queensberry

    The Marquess of Queensberry left Wilde a calling card on February 18, 1895. On the card he wrote: "For Oscar Wilde, posing as a sodomite". Sodomy (men having sex with other men) was a crime. This note accused Wilde of having committed a crime. Because of this, Wilde sued him for libel(lying about someone else in print). His friends thought this was a bad idea, but Douglas encouraged him. In the trial, Queensberry only had to prove that Wilde had posed as a sodomite. But he also presented evid...

    The Crown vs Wilde

    Wilde left court. The government wanted to arrest him for sodomy and gross indecency. His friends told him to try to flee to France, but his mother said he should stay in England. The government put him in prison before his trial. Douglas visited him daily, until Wilde told him to go to Paris to avoid punishment. Wilde's trial began on April 26, 1895. He pled not guilty. During the trial, he spoke about "the love that dare not speak its name". He described it as strong love between an older a...

    I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
    A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
    Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
    A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

    Prose 1. The Canterville Ghost(1887) 2. The Happy Prince and Other Stories(1888) 3. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories(1891) 4. Intentions(1891) 5. The Picture of Dorian Gray(1891) 6. A House of Pomegranates(1891) 7. The Soul of Man under Socialism (First published in the Pall Mall Gazette, 1891, first book publication 1904) 8. De Profund...

  2. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde [4] (Dublín, Irlanda, [4] entonces perteneciente al Reino Unido, [1] 16 de octubre de 1854-París, Francia, 30 de noviembre de 1900), conocido como Oscar Wilde, fue un escritor, poeta y dramaturgo de origen irlandés.

  3. Apr 30, 2024 · Oscar Wilde (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland—died November 30, 1900, Paris, France) was an 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).

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  4. Biographies. Oscar Wilde's house in Tite Street, Chelsea. In 1946, Hesketh Pearson published The Life of Oscar Wilde (Methuen), containing materials derived from conversations with Bernard Shaw, George Alexander, Herbert Beerbohm Tree and many others who had known or worked with Wilde.

  5. Aug 16, 2023 · Author Oscar Wilde was known for his acclaimed works including 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' as well as his brilliant wit, style and infamous imprisonment.

  6. Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays.

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