Oscar Wilde

 

                            "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."

                                             

                        Oscar Wilde was born on October 15th, 1859, in Dublin, Ireland to Sir William Wilde and Lady Jane Wilde. He was the youngest of three siblings. His mother was a writer, and his dad was a surgeon. He was homeschooled till the age of nine and was taught fluent French and German by his governesses, and then sent off to school with his brother. 

        In 1880 after finishing Oxford, he returned back to Dublin to find his childhood sweetheart married to another person- A man named Bram Stoker. He was disappointed, saying that the two years he was close to her were the "Sweetest years in all my youth." He left for England, saying it would most likely be for good that time, and he only briefly visited Ireland twice after that. 

     In the year 1881, he met his future wife, a woman named Constance Lloyd. They married on May 29, 1885, having two children together. 

        He wrote the play 'The Dutchess of Pauda' among multiple poems and traveled to America in 1882 to have several talks relating to his works. He was scrutinized by multiple people for being Irish and having several caricatures drawn of him. Despite this, he didn't let this stop him from drinking with everyone, from the rich to lowly coal miners. 

            

        During the years 1886 to 1889, he worked in a magazine called 'Lady's world,' but he later renamed it Woman's world, publishing articles on a multitude of topics such as parenting, culture, and politics. He also wrote fiction stories to be put in the magazine as well, one the ladies could read out loud to their children, and one they could enjoy by themselves. This magazine helped benefit his writing. 

            In the year 1890, he published a story in Lippincott's Monthly magazine. This story was his most famous story, the picture of Dorian Gray. The story was immediately scrutinized; The Daily chronicle called it poisonous and unclean. This book became a classic, and it's one continuously studied in classrooms today.

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