![]() ![]() After his release, Wilde never lived in England again and died in Paris on 30 November 1900. ![]() His poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol was based on his experiences in prison and was published in 1898. Beautifully illustrated by Walter Crane, these stories. In 1985, after a public scandal involving Wilde's relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, he was sentenced to two years' hard labour in Reading Gaol for 'gross indecency'. The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a 1888 collection of childrens short stories by Oscar Wilde. But he also was a wonderful writer for children. Wilde became famous through of the immense success of his plays such as Lady Windemere's Fan (1892), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) is deservedly famous for the brilliant plays and other works he wrote for adults. He published a revised and expanded edition in 1891 in response to negative reviews which criticised the book's immorality. His only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. Wilde was a leader of the Aesthetic Movement. He later lived in London and married Constance Lloyd there in 1884. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854. ![]()
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