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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El cumpleaños de la Infanta Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

El niño estrella Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

Fairy Tales for Adults Volume 4 Audiobook, by Beatrix Potter

Fairy Tales for Adults Volume 5 Audiobook, by Beatrix Potter

Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Volume 2 Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

Fairy Tales for Adults Volume 1 Audiobook, by Anton Chekhov

Fairy Tales for Adults Volume 2 Audiobook, by Anton Chekhov

El pescador y su alma Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Volume 1 Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

The Devoted Friend Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

The Happy Prince Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

The Remarkable Rocket Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

The Selfish Giant Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

The Sphinx Without a Secret Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

The Star-Child Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

The Model Millionaire Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

The Nightingale And the Rose Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

A Whiff of Wilde, a Pinch of Poe, and a Frisson of Frost: A Dab of Dickens, Vol. 3; Selections from A Dab of Dickens & a Touch of Twain,Literary Lives from Shakespeare’s Old England to Frost’s New England Audiobook, by Elliot Engel

Oscar Wilde: The Tales Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: The Poems Audiobook, by Oscar Wilde

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