Oscar Wilde

By Virgia

  • Birth

    Birth

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    His only novel

  • Salome

    Salome
    He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence for England due to the absolute prohibition of Biblical subjects on the English stage.

  • The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest
    At the height of his fame and success, while The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still being performed in London.

  • De Profundis

    De Profundis
    De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to "Bosie" (Lord Alfred Douglas).

  • The Ballad of Reading Gaol

    The Ballad of Reading Gaol
    The last work, a poem

  • Death

    Death