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The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde once said, "Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it." From his outsize celebrity in Victorian London to his authorship of fiction, drama, and poetry that uniquely captured his era, it's fair to say that Wilde succeeded on both counts.
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Fact File
| Name:
Oscar Wilde
Date of Birth:
October 16, 1854
Place of Birth:
Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death:
November 30, 1900
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Paris, France
Education:
The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874
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Wilde for the Wee Ones
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| | The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Most people don't know that Wilde -- best known for his acerbic wit and sophisticated, urbane style -- was actually a master of the fairy tale. This volume brings together all of Wilde's tales from his two published volumes for children, The Happy Prince and The House of Pomegranates.
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Notable Quotables
| Wilde often boasted that he could speak extemporaneously on any subject, and he was known to dish the dirt and deliver beaucoup bon mots, perhaps as a reaction to the gossip that seemed to constantly surround him. However, he did once wryly observe, "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." Luckily, Wilde's witticisms have been captured for posterity in many volumes, including:
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A Wilde Life
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| | Oscar Wilde: An Exquisite Life
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Stephen Calloway, David Colvin
Although Wilde himself once remarked, "Biography lends to death a new terror," this volume paints a rich portrait of the author, from his heyday in roaring London to his tragic final years in France. As a bonus, it features several photos and reproductions of rare documents, including a list of books requested by Wilde while in prison.
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| | An Ideal Husband
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Oscar Wilde
Many of Wilde's more popular novels have been adapted for the screen. The 1999 version of An Ideal Husband starred Rupert Everett as the eligible bachelor Lord Arthur Goring and Cate Blanchett as Lady Gertrude Chiltern. A bit of trivia: In the film, the characters go to see a play entitled The Importance of Being Earnest.
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