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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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Extended Sample The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Happy Prince and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample Princi I Lumtur Dhe Përralla Të Tjera by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Happy Prince, and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample El cumpleaños de la Infanta by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample El niño estrella by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample Fairy Tales for Adults Volume 4 by Beatrix Potter
Extended Sample Fairy Tales for Adults Volume 5 by Beatrix Potter
Extended Sample Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Volume 2 by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample Fairy Tales for Adults Volume 1 by Anton Chekhov
Extended Sample Fairy Tales for Adults Volume 2 by Anton Chekhov
Extended Sample El amigo fiel by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample El pescador y su alma by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Volume 1 by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Remarkable Rocket by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Devoted Friend by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Star-Child by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
Extended Sample El joven rey by Oscar Wilde
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