The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

✍ Scribed by Wilde, Oscar

• Book ID: 109326118
• Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 288 KB
• Series: Signet Classic
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781101078020

✦ Synopsis

Overview: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Willis Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854, the son of somewhat unconventional parents - his father, Sir William Wilde, though a surgeon by occupation, was also a talented writer, and his mother, Jane Francesca Elgee, was a well-known poet and journalist who published under the pen name 'Speranza'. During his schooldays, Wilde excelled at classics, and he went on to win scholarships first to Trinity College, Dublin, and then to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was awarded the Newdigate Prize for his poem, 'Ravenna'. Whilst at Oxford, Wilde gained notoriety for his unorthodox dress and opinions, hailing himself a disciple of John Ruskin and Walter Pater. Upon graduating in 1878, Wilde moved to London and became spokesperson for Aestheticism, the movement that advocated art for art's sake.