1. Oscar Wilde and his fairy-tales

2. 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

3. Jane Francesca Wilde
Speranza
Young Irelanders
Irish nationalist

4. William Wilde Eminent eye doctor Surgeon Occulist to the Queen
Books about Irish archaeology and peasant folklore
Children from wedlock before his marriage

5. Trinity College in Dublin

6. 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

8. In 1884 married Constance Lloyd

9. They had two sons, Cyrill and Vyvyan

10. 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

11. Fairy-tales Social overtones Criticism
Parallels between the imagination and real-life
Unfairness
Rarely have a truly happy ending

12. “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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