Oscar Wilde and his time (Elisabet Morey & David Hombre) by https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu en-us 2022-12-07 10:25:20 UTC 2025-11-14 20:23:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f570.png Family elisabetmorey https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2433798754 He was the second child of Jane Agnes and William Wilde. His mother was a poet and his father, who had several love affairs and many illegitimate children, was an eye and ear surgeon. His younger sister, Isolda, named after Tristan's lover, died at the age of nine. ]]> 2023-01-04 17:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2433798754 Born and dead elisabetmorey https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2433799765 Born: 16 October 1854 (Dublin, Ireland)
Dead: 30 November 1900 (aged 46) (Paris, France)]]> 2023-01-04 17:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2433799765 Most famous stories elisabetmorey https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2433834511 1. The Canterville Ghost (1887)
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
3. A woman of no importance (1893)
4. The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
5. An Ideal Husband (1895)]]> 2023-01-04 17:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2433834511 Style elisabetmorey https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2433846968 He was the most famous poet and playwright of the 19th century. He wrote with wit, humor, and much sociopolitical criticism.

His characters were very psychologically complex and his stories very different from each other.]]> 2023-01-04 17:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2433846968 Academic life elisabetmorey https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2433848000 He was homeschooled until he was nine years old and was considered a prodigy. After school, he got a scholarchip and studied the Classics at the Trinity Collage Dublin (Ireland). He also studied at the Magdalen College (Oxford) and graduated with honors.]]> 2023-01-04 17:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2433848000 Success & scandals elisabetmorey https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2435782597 After finishing his studies, he moved to London, where he quickly became an important personality due to his way of dressing and his charisma. Two years later he published several poems that launched his career.

He also lectured in the United States for some time and after his return to London, he married Constance Lloyd. She was the daugther of a rich lawyer.

Together they had 2 children but because of his lectures he was away from home most of the time. His homosexuality, often represented on his novels, led to a big amount of affairs with young mans. ]]> 2023-01-06 15:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2435782597 Important facts elisabetmorey https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2435792634 Because of his affairs, he was acused and senteced of sodomy. The consequences where two years of hard labour. In those years his family never visited him.

Once released, and destroyed morally and financially, he immediately moved to Paris where he died three years later of an acute meningitis.]]> 2023-01-06 15:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2435792634 Quote elisabetmorey https://padlet.com/elisabetmorey/lz9rcs7myyn5f6hu/wish/2435806326 He was often accused of writing immoral books to wich he responded with the following phrase:

"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all." - Oscar Wilde
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