Oscar Wilde Life and work

1. Oscar Wilde Life and work Cristina Ramón

2. Oscar Wilde The author – Oscar Wilde • Born in Dublin on 16 th October 1854; • His parents, Sir William Wilde and Jane Francesca Elgee were also famous writers, admirable for their conversations like Oscar; • Married with Constance Lloyd with whom he had two children, Cyril and Vyvyan, to whom he dedicated his famous book The Happy Prince; • Died on 30 th November 1900;

3. Oscar Wilde • In his time people stayed shocked about the way he dressed, his messages and his romantic idea but nowadays many people admire his books. Wilde wrote many short stories, plays and poems that continue to inspire millions around the world.

4. Oscar Wilde Later on I think everyone will recognise his achievements; his plays and essays will endure. Of course you may think with others that his personality and conversation were far more wonderful than anything he wrote, so that his written works give only a pale reflection of his power. Perhaps that is so, and of course it will be impossible to reproduce what is gone forever. Robert Ross, 23 December 1900

5. Oscar Wilde HIS WORK 1878 Ravenna1881 Poems1888 The Happy Prince and Other Tales1889 The Decay of Lying1891 The Picture of Dorian Gray1891 Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories1891 Intentions1891 Salome1892 The House of Pomegranates1892 Lady Windermere’s Fan1893 A Woman of No Importance1893 The Duchess of Padua1894 The Sphinx1895 An Ideal Husband1895 The Importance of Being Earnest1898 The Ballad of Reading Gaol

6. Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost • The Canterville Ghost is a story about a ghost that haunts a house for more than 300 years until the day that an American family buy the house. They don´t believe in ghosts although all the warnings they receive from people who knew the curse. It is said that the ghost, Sir Simon de Canterville, murdered his wife in the library and few years later disappeared. Then he has haunted the house and many people have died with fear. The bloodstain always appears after being cleaned and there are terrible noises at night. But that doesn´t scare the American family which play tricks with the ghost making him sad. • Trailer Old Film • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMP9af0pxE

7. Oscar Wilde Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime • Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime tells about a man, Lord Arthur Savile, that in a Lady Windermere party is presented to MrSeptimus R. Podgers, who is a chiromantist. • In that same party, Lord Arthur gets scared when Mr. Podgers tells him he is going to commit a murder. From this day, Lord Arthur makes everything to commit the murder the faster he can with no consequences, in a way he can marry with his beloved Sybil. The only problem is not knowing who he will murder or how he will do it. • .

8. Oscar Wilde The Sphinx Without a Secret • The Sphinx Without a Secret is about a man, Lord Murchison, that has a meeting with the narrator where he tells how he met the woman in the photo. She was Lady Alrot, a wealthy woman who seemed to keep a very precious secret. Sometimes, she reacted to everything in a very strange way as if she was being chased by someone and in other occasions she reacted as Lord Murchison, truly in love, until the day that she is seen by him leaving one of those poor rented apartments, in the poor zone of the city.

9. Oscar Wilde Sources Wikipedia Oscar Wide official web site