![]() Sidhartha Shankar (qv's & corrections by A. In 1997 Stephen Fry played the lead in Wilde (1997) and Jude Law as Lord Alfred Douglas. The book has been interpreted on stage, films and television. ![]() Wilde is immortalized through his works, and the stories he wrote for children, such as "The Happy Prince" and "The Selfish Giant", are still vibrant in the imagination of the public, especially "The Picture of Dorian Gray", the story of a young handsome man who sells his soul to a picture to have eternal youth and beauty, only to face the hideousness of his own portrait as it ages, which entails his evil nature and degradation. On his release he was a penniless, dejected man and soon died in Paris. He was sentenced to two years hard labor in prison. However, his case was dismissed when his homosexuality-which at the time was outlawed in England-was exposed. Douglas' father, the Marquess of Queensberry, did not approve of his son's relationship with the distinguished writer, and when he accused Wilde of sodomy, Wilde sued the Marquess in court. He had an affair with a young snobbish aristocrat named Lord Alfred Douglas. Wilde was a married man with children, but his private life was as a homosexual. Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde gained public attention in the latter part of the 1800s, notably in London. It was later used as incriminating evidence at Wilde's trial, on the basis of its obvious homosexual content. His other noted work was his only novel, was "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1890), which caused controversy as the book evidently attacked the hypocrisy of England. He was an instant celebrity, but his works did not find recognition until the publication of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" in 1888. Krzysztof Wilde (born 1966), Polish engineer, rector of Gdask University of Technology. On his arrival to America he stirred the nation with his flamboyant personality: wearing long silk stockings-an unusual mode of dress-long, flowing hair that gave the impression to many of an effeminate and a general air of wittiness, sophistication and eccentricity. Henry Wilde (engineer) (18331919), British engineer and inventor of the self-energizing dynamo. It was around this time that Wilde sparked a sensation. After leaving college his first volume of poetry, "Patience", was published in 1881, followed by a play, "The Duchess of Padua", two years later. His prodigious literary talent was recognized when he received the Newdegate Prize for his outstanding poem "Ravenna". He studied at Trinity College in Dublin before leaving the country to study at Oxford University in England when he was in his early 20s. Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1854. Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. Work is the curse of the drinking classes. He was illustrious for preaching the importance of style in life and art, and of attacking Victorian narrow-mindedness. I can resist everything except temptation. A gifted poet, playwright and wit, Oscar Wilde was a phenomenon in 19th-century England.
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