Oscar Wilde and his fairy-tales
Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) 16 October 1854 Writer, dramatist, poet 21 Westland Row, Dublin The second of three children Sir William Wilde and Jane Francesca Wilde
Jane Francesca Wilde Speranza Young Irelanders Irish nationalist
William Wilde Eminent eye doctor Surgeon Occulist to the Queen Books about Irish archaeology and peasant folklore Children from wedlock before his marriage
Trinity College in Dublin
Moved to London in 1879 In 1881 collected poems were published In 1882 accepted the lecture tour in America which was a huge success Worked prolifically as a journalist
In 1884 married Constance Lloyd
They had two sons, Cyrill and Vyvyan
In 1895 he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for violating the moral laws Bankruptcy Left prison on 19 May 1897 Left England for France Died a broken man on 30 November 1900 in Paris under the name of Sebastian Melmont
Fairy-tales Social overtones Criticism Parallels between the imagination and real-life Unfairness Rarely have a truly happy ending
“The Happy Prince and Other Tales” Sometimes called “The Happy Prince and Other Stories” A collection of stories for children “The Happy Prince” – a short tale of a metal statue who befriends a migratory bird. Happiness to others, in life as well as in death
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