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7A Oscar Wilde. Some facts of biography. Irish writer. Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin. He is best known for the novel The Picture.

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1 7A Oscar Wilde

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3 Some facts of biography. Irish writer. Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin. He is best known for the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde was a bright and bookish child.

4 Some facts of biography. Wilde died of meningitis on November 30, 1900 at the age of 46. Today he is remembered for his epigrams and plays, and the circunstances of his imprisonment which was followed by his early death.epigrams

5 Best known works. The tale “Star Child“ The novel ”The Picture of Dorian Gray”. The story “Canterville Ghost” Play “An Ideal Husband’’ Play “The Importance of Being Earnest”

6 Monument to O.Wilde.

7 Statue of Oscar Wilde in Merrion Square, Dublin. The materials are granite, green nephrite jade, white jadeite.Merrion Squaregreen nephrite jadejadeite

8 The tomb of Oscar Wilde in Père Lachaise CemeteryPère Lachaise Cemetery

9 Personal Quotes There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. It is only the shallow people who do not judge by appearance.


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