The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The picture of Dorian Gray”
I want to tell you about the famous novel “The picture of Dorian Gray” which was written by Oscar Wilde. “The picture of Dorian Gray” is the only published novel of this writer.
Some words about Oscar Wilde. He was born on the 16 of October in 1854 in Dublin, Ireland and died on the 30 of November in 1900 in Paris. He was the second of 3 children. He was an Irish writer and poet. He became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams and plays, several of which are widely considered masterpieces. Wilde's parents were successful Dublin intellectuals. Their son became fluent in French and German early in life. But he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Dublin, then at Oxford. He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism. Wilde had sexual relations with men and boys, so he was imprisoned for 2 years. After prison Oscar changed his name in Sebastian Melmoth. He was died in exile in France November 30, 1900 from acute meningitis and was buried in the Bagneux cemetery in Paris. About 10 years later he was reburied on Pere-Lachaise cemetery and the winged stone sphinx was set on his grave.
His main works: * Poems (1881) * The Happy Prince and Other Stories (1888, fairy stories) * Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891, stories) * House of Pomegranates (1891, fairy stories) * Intentions (1891, essays and dialogues on aesthetics) * The Picture of Dorian Gray (first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine July 1890, in book form in 1891; novel) * The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891, political essay) * Lady Windermere's Fan (1892, play) * A Woman of No Importance (1893, play) * An Ideal Husband (performed 1895, published 1898; play) * The Importance of Being Earnest (performed 1895, published 1898; play) * De Profundis (written 1897, published variously 1905, 1908,
I want to tell you about the famous novel “The picture of Dorian Gray” which was written by Oscar Wilde. “The picture of Dorian Gray” is the only published novel of this writer.
Some words about Oscar Wilde. He was born on the 16 of October in 1854 in Dublin, Ireland and died on the 30 of November in 1900 in Paris. He was the second of 3 children. He was an Irish writer and poet. He became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams and plays, several of which are widely considered masterpieces. Wilde's parents were successful Dublin intellectuals. Their son became fluent in French and German early in life. But he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Dublin, then at Oxford. He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism. Wilde had sexual relations with men and boys, so he was imprisoned for 2 years. After prison Oscar changed his name in Sebastian Melmoth. He was died in exile in France November 30, 1900 from acute meningitis and was buried in the Bagneux cemetery in Paris. About 10 years later he was reburied on Pere-Lachaise cemetery and the winged stone sphinx was set on his grave.
His main works: * Poems (1881) * The Happy Prince and Other Stories (1888, fairy stories) * Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891, stories) * House of Pomegranates (1891, fairy stories) * Intentions (1891, essays and dialogues on aesthetics) * The Picture of Dorian Gray (first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine July 1890, in book form in 1891; novel) * The Soul of Man under Socialism (1891, political essay) * Lady Windermere's Fan (1892, play) * A Woman of No Importance (1893, play) * An Ideal Husband (performed 1895, published 1898; play) * The Importance of Being Earnest (performed 1895, published 1898; play) * De Profundis (written 1897, published variously 1905, 1908,