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OSCAR WILDE

OSCAR WILDE. Isaiah, Dominique, Joshua, Adriana. PHOTOS. BiOGRAPHY.

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OSCAR WILDE

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  1. OSCAR WILDE Isaiah, Dominique, Joshua, Adriana

  2. PHOTOS

  3. BiOGRAPHY Oscar FingalO'Flahertie Wills Wildewas born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel. He became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest "celebrities" of his day. Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years' hard labour after being convicted of homosexual relationships, described as "gross indecency" with other men.

  4. QUOTES • "No man is rich enough to buy back his past." • "It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing.“ • "We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.“

  5. LiTERARY WORKS • 1878 Ravenna1881 Poems1888 The Happy Prince and Other Tales1889 The Decay of Lying1891 The Picture of Dorian Gray1891 Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories1891 Intentions1892 The House of Pomegranates1894 The Sphinx

  6. OSCAR WiLDE MONUMENT

  7. LAST WORDS • "Either this wallpaper goes, or I do."

  8. PLAYS • Vera, or the Nihilists (Published 1880) • The Duchess of Padua (Published 1883) • Salomé (Published 1894) • Lady Windermere's Fan (Published 1893) • A Woman of No Importance (Published 1894) • An Ideal Husband (Published 1899) • The Importance of Being Earnest (Published 1899) • A Florentine Tragedy (A Fragment) • La Sainte Courtisane(A Fragment)

  9. POEMS • 1898 The Ballad of Reading Gaol • The ArtistThe Doer of GoodThe DiscipleThe MasterThe House of JudgmentThe Teacher of Wisdom

  10. WORKS CITED • Works Cited • "Famous Last Words: Oscar Wilde Uttered His This Date In 1900." Whiskey, Dogs & Weed. Web. 27 Jan. 2010. <http://whiskeydogsandweed.blogspot.com/2009/11/famous-last-words-oscar-wilde-uttered.html>. • "Gallery - Monumental Sculputres - Abacus." Deborah Wilson - Jade Sculptor. Web. 27 Jan. 2010. <http://www.deborahwilson.bc.ca/gallery/monumental/oscarwilde.htm>. • "The Official Web Site of Oscar Wilde." CMG Worldwide. Web. 27 Jan. 2010. <http://www.cmgww.com/historic/wilde/photo1.htm>. • "Oscar Wilde -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 27 Jan. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde>. • The Oscar Wilde Collection. Web. 27 Jan. 2010. <http://www.oscarwildecollection.com/>. • Yahoo! Image Search. Web. 27 Jan. 2010. <http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0oGk9v.dWBLApEA7uZXNyoA?ei=UTF-8&p=oscar%20wilde&vm=r&fr2=tab-web&fr=yfp-t-701>.

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