The collected works of oscar wilde

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Sinopse

Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the best-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life. Wilde took London by storm with his plays, particularly his masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest. His essays - in particular De Profundis- and his Ballad of Reading Gaol, both written after his release from prison, strikingly break the bounds of his usual expressive range. His other essays and poems are all included in this comprehensive collection of the works of one of the most exciting writers of the late nineteenth century.

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Autor: Oscar Wilde

Autor

OSCAR WILDE

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) nasceu na Irlanda em 1854. Ao longo de sua carreira como escritor, produziu poemas, contos, ensaios e um único romance: O retrato de Dorian Gray. As peças teatrais alçaram-no ao sucesso na última década do século XIX. O êxito literário também lhe rendeu uma situação financeira abastada, que lhe proporcionou, consequentemente, uma vida desregrada e extravagante. Em maio de 1895, acabou condenado a dois anos de trabalhos forçados por cometer sodomia – a homossexualidade era considerada crime na época. A prisão foi sua ruína. Em 1897, mudou-se para Paris e passou a usar o pseudônimo Sebastian Melmoth. Morreu em 1900, de meningite – agravada pelo alcoolismo e pela sífilis.