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Oscar wilde was born in Dublin into a distinguished family
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he entered Magdalen College at Oxford University when he heard lectures by Walter Pater
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He moved to London, became famous for his eccentricities
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"The happy prince" appeared
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"The picture of Dorian Gray" is published
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"Lady Windermere's fan" was exremely successful
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"A woman of no importance" appeared
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"An ideal husband" was published
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"The importance of being Earnest" appeared. Wilde was accused of omosexual behaviuor by his friend Lord Alfred Douglas's father and sentenced to two years in prison deserted by friends and admirers.
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wilde was set free and went to live abroad,mostly in France wrote "De profundis", an apology for his life.
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Wilde died in povery in France. Just before dying he had become a convert to the Roman Catholic faith.
