Oscar Wilde Audio Books

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was born in Dublin. He won scholarships to both Trinity College, Dublin, and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1875, he began publishing poetry in literary magazines, and in 1878, he won the coveted Newdigate Prize for English poetry. He had a reputation as a flamboyant wit and man-about-town. After his marriage to Constance Lloyd in 1884, he tried to establish himself as a writer, but with little initial success. However, his three volumes of short fiction, The Happy Prince, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, and A House of Pomegranates, together with his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, gradually won him a reputation as a modern writer with an original talent. That reputation was confirmed and enhanced by the phenomenal success of his society comedies: Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest, all performed on London’s West End stage between 1892 and 1895. In 1895, he was convicted of engaging in homosexual acts, which were then illegal, and sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labor. He soon declared bankruptcy, and his property was auctioned off. In 1896, he lost legal custody of his children. When his mother died that same year, his wife Constance visited him at the jail to bring him the news. It was the last time they saw each other. In the years after his release, his health deteriorated. In November 1900, he died in Paris at the age of forty-six.

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The Nightingale And the Rose Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

El retrato de Dorian Gray 'The Portrait of Dorian Gray' Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

El Famoso Cohete Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

Le Portrait de Dorian Gray: (contient la biographie de l'auteur) Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

El Fantasma de Canterville Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

El Príncipe Feliz Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: Letters Volume 5 1898-1900 Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

Two Tales From Oscar Wilde Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

El retrato de Dorian Gray (versión íntegra) Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

Una mujer sin importancia Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

The Canterville Ghost Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

The Happy Prince and Other Stories Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

Wonder Tales: Favorite Fairy Tales from Around the World Audibook, by Hans Christian Andersen

The Importance of Being Earnest Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivia Comedy for Serious People: A Trivia Comedy for Serious People Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

An Ideal Husband Audibook, by Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde Audio Books

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