Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death. Wilde's parents were successful Dublin intellectuals, and their son showed his intelligence early by becoming fluent in French and German. At university Wilde read Greats; 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 (led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin), though he also profoundly explored Roman Catholicism, to which he would later convert on his deathbed. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles. As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States of America and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art", and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, and glittering conversation, Wilde had become one of the most well-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence. Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London. At the height of his fame and success, whilst his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still on stage in London, Wilde sued the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, for libel. After a series of trials, Wilde was convicted of gross indecency with other men and imprisoned for two years, held to hard labour. In prison he wrote De Profundis (1905), a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. Upon his release he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain. There he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life. He died destitute in Paris at the age of forty-six. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oscar Wilde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Popularity : 2.093
  • Known For : Writing
  • Birthday : 1854-10-16
  • Place of Birth : Dublin, Ireland
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Oscar Wilde Movies

  • 1995
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    The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde

    The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde

    1 1995 HD

    The story of Oscar Wilde's life, told by his grandson and others.

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  • 2021
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    Edward Carson and the Fall of Oscar Wilde

    Edward Carson and the Fall of Oscar Wilde

    1 2021 HD

    Merlin Holland tells the story of the epic court clash at the Old Bailey in 1895 between his grandfather, Oscar Wilde, and Edward Carson. Does Carson...

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  • 1997
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    Simply Wilde

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    1 1997 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

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    3 2021 HD

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  • 1964
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    Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung

    Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung

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  • 1913
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    1 1913 HD

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  • 1999
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    An Ideal Husband

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  • 1961
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  • 1984
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  • 2002
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  • 1970
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  • 1988
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    6.3 1988 HD

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  • 1958
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  • 2015
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    Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose

    Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose

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  • 1976
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

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    8 1976 HD

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  • 1974
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  • 1995
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  • 2001
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  • 1978
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  • 1968
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  • 1999
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  • 2008
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  • 1979
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  • 2009
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  • 1925
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  • 1997
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  • 1973
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  • 1997
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  • 1949
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  • 1905
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  • 1980
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  • 1917
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    6 1917 HD

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  • 1945
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  • 1952
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  • 1978
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  • 1943
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  • 2013
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  • 1988
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  • 1969
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  • 2008
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  • 1986
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  • 1947
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  • 1975
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  • 1958
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  • 1967
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  • 1922
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  • 1983
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  • 1944
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  • 1985
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    1 1985 HD

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  • 2021
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    Salomé

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    9.6 2021 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Selfish Giant

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    5.5 1971 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Canterville Ghost

    The Canterville Ghost

    6.615 1944 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1 1968 HD

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  • 2009
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    Belonging to Laura

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    1 2009 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Ballad of Reading Gaol

    The Ballad of Reading Gaol

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Canterville Ghost

    The Canterville Ghost

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Canterville Ghost

    The Canterville Ghost

    6.1 1970 HD

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  • 1996
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    6 1996 HD

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  • 1960
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    1 1960 HD

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  • 2021
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    1 2021 HD

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  • 2016
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    The Canterville Ghost

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    5.5 2016 HD

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  • 1985
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    6 1985 HD

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  • 2004
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  • 1968
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    1 1968 HD

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    1 1968 HD

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    1 1968 HD

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  • 1975
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  • 1965
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    1 1965 HD

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  • 1923
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    1 1979 HD

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  • 1984
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  • 2016
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  • 1969
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  • 1948
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  • 1939
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  • 1989
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  • 1935
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  • 1984
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  • 1973
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

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  • 2020
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  • 1974
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    A Woman of No Importance

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    An Ideal Husband

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  • 1911
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    6 1916 HD

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    6 2017 HD

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  • 2018
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    10 2018 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Sins of Dorian Gray

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    5.7 1983 HD

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  • 1971
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    Salome

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    1 1971 HD

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    L'Importance d'être Constant

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    8.3 2018 HD

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  • 1988
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  • 1964
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  • 1961
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    The Selfish Giant

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  • 1961
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  • 2022
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  • 1985
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    1 1985 HD

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  • 2024
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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

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    Christopher Lee hosts this horror anthology series from Poland with stories from various classic authors.

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