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Oscar Wilde (Oct. 16, 1854 – Nov. 30, 1900) was an Irish writer & poet who became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. The Picture of Dorian Gray first appeared as a magazine story in June, 1890. It was censored without Wilde's knowledge. He later revised the story and it became his only novel, published in 1891. He was convicted of "gross indecency" for his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and imprisoned for two years. The two were reunited briefly after Wilde's…

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OSCAR WILDE. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, the early 1890s saw him become one of the most popular playwrights in London. His most famous work is "The Importance of Being Earnest".

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When asked what he intended to do after finishing at Oxford, the young Oscar Wilde—who was already well known not only for his outré persona but for his brilliant achievements as a classics scholar—made it clear in which direction his ambitions lay. "God knows," the twenty-three-year-old said, "I won't be a dried-up Oxford don, anyhow. I'll be a poet, a writer, a dramatist. Somehow or other I'll be famous, and if not famous, I'll be notorious."

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