=============================Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde, playwright, poet, novelist and short-story writer, was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland.

His father Sir William Wilde was a successful physician and mother, Jane Wilde, was a popular writer. He was their second son. He did his schooling in Portora Royal School and studied classics in Trinity College, Dublin.

He married Constance Lloyd in 1884 and they had two sons.

'The Importance of being Earnest" and "Lady Windermere's Fan" were his famous plays and his only novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is read even today.

He was a celebrity and well-known wit during the Victorian era till his downfall following imprisonment on charges of homosexuality. After two years of hard labour, he was released. He left Britain never to return.

He died of cerebral meningitis at the age of 46 on November 30, 1900. His mortal remains are buried in Paris.

His letters and manuscripts are kept in William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

Detailed Wikipedia article on "OSCAR WILDE":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde

Works of Oscar Wilde from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/w#a111

Works of Oscar Wilde in audio format from LibriVox:
http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?title=&author=Oscar+Wilde&action=Search

Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde from PoetryX.com:
http://poetry.poetryx.com/poets/131/

Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde from ArtPassions.net:
http://wilde.artpassions.net/

Essays and Lectures of Oscar Wilde:
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/sandl10.txt

The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde:
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/hpaot10h.htm

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