Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist and wit who lived from 1854 to 1900, one of the most celebrated figures of the London stage in the 1890s. He is known for comedies of manners including Lady Windermere's Fan in 1892 and The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895, prized for epigrammatic dialogue satirizing Victorian social convention. His career and public reputation were destroyed in 1895 when he was tried and imprisoned for gross indecency.
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After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s.
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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854-30 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influentia
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The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893) and An Ideal Husband (
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