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Oscar Wilde

Born

in Dublin, Ireland

October 16, 1854

Died

November 30, 1900

Website

http://www.cmgww.com/historic/wilde/

Genre

Theatre, Poetry, Humor and Comedy, Fiction, Children's

Influences

Balzac, Walter Pater, Edgar Allan Poe, John Ruskin, Peter Kropotkin, L ...more

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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest.

As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain, and died in poverty. ...more

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Oscar Wilde’s books

Average rating: 4.12 · 2,621,551 ratings · 133,183 reviews · 5,123 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,638,678 ratings — published 1890 — 11905 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 381,623 ratings — published 1895 — 4122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Canterville Ghost 3.88 avg rating — 64,884 ratings — published 1887 — 2209 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde, Richard Allen Cave (Editor) 4.23 avg rating — 51,260 ratings — published 1898 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Ideal Husband 4.01 avg rating — 42,982 ratings — published 1893 — 1759 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Happy Prince 4.20 avg rating — 35,383 ratings — published 1888 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Fairy Tales 4.18 avg rating — 33,819 ratings — 462 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Windermere's Fan 3.92 avg rating — 25,745 ratings — published 1892 — 717 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Profundis 4.22 avg rating — 22,466 ratings — published 1897 — 1745 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salomé 3.70 avg rating — 19,096 ratings — published 1891 — 877 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Oscar Wilde

Macmillan 1962 Series of Classic Fairy Stories (2 books)
by

Oscar Wilde,

John Updike (Introduced by),

Sandro Nardini (illustrator),

Enrico Bagnoli (illustrator)

3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings

In most historical romances, love and marriage go together like...well, a horse and carriage. But what if the girl part of the girl-meets-boy...

Polls

March 2018 Short Story Poll

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, 76 pages, 1895

64 votes, 18.8%

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor, 24 pages, 1955

35 votes, 10.3%

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, 25 pages, 1818

34 votes, 10.0%

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, 101 pages, 1952

34 votes, 10.0%

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 82 pages, 1848

32 votes, 9.4%

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 112 pages, 1918

25 votes, 7.4%

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, 120 pages, 1981

21 votes, 6.2%

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 104 pages, 1941

20 votes, 5.9%

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, 32 pages, 1894

16 votes, 4.7%

Xingu by Edith Wharton, 48 pages, 1916

14 votes, 4.1%

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott, 96 pages, 1884

13 votes, 3.8%

Letter to a Child Never Born by Oriana Fallaci, 128 pages, 1975

11 votes, 3.2%

To Build a Fire by Jack London, 32 pages, 1902

11 votes, 3.2%

The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish, 94 pages, 1666

10 votes, 2.9%

340 total votes

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