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Oscar Wilde

Carmen Rado 2012. Oscar Wilde. General information.

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Oscar Wilde

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  1. Carmen Rado 2012 Oscar Wilde

  2. General information Birthname: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills WildeBirth date: October 16, 1854Birth place: Dublin, IrelandDeath date: November 30, 1900Death place: Paris, FranceBurial: La Pére Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, FranceHair color: BrownEye color: GreyHigh school: Portora Royal SchoolCollege: Trinity College, Magdalen CollegeOccupation: Playwright, novelist, poet, editor Children: Cyril and Vyvyan

  3. Some interesting facts • Although a proficient(vilunud) and versatile(mitmekülgne) writer, Wilde only wrote one novel during his lifetime: “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” published in 1891. • Went on a lecture tour throughout the United States, London and Canada to teach aesthetic(esteetiline) values in 1879. • Regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era, Wilde wrote and produced nine plays. • In 1895 Oscar Wilde was sentenced to prison for 2 years, convicted of homosexuality.

  4. 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 Intentions1891 Salome1892 The House of Pomegranates1892 Lady Windermere’s Fan1893 A Woman of No Importance1893 The Duchess of Padua1894 The Sphinx1895 An Ideal Husband1895 The Importance of Being Earnest1898 The Ballad of Reading Gaol

  5. The Picture of Dorian Gray • 20 June 1890 • Artist Basil Hallward, who paintes Dorian, is blinded of his natural beauty and believes that young man has made him paint completely newly. In Basil’s studio Dorian meets lord Henry, whose worldview he deeply fascinates. Lord Henry believes that there are only 2 things to strive for(püüelda): beauty and sensory sensations(meelelised tundmused). Understanding that beauty is not permanent, Dorian wishes that instead of him agings(vananeks) his portrait.

  6. Some quotes • "Men become old, but they never become good.“ • "Nowadays all the married men live like bachelors and all the bachelors live like married men.“ (bachelors-poissmehed) • "Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.“ • "A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."

  7. THANK YOU! 

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