2. Timeline 1854 – Born on October 16 1855 – His familymoved to Merrion Square 1871 – Went to Trinity College in Dublin 1874 – Went to study at Oxford University 1878 – WonNewdigateprize for his first poem 1878 – Graduated from Oxford University
3. 1879 – Began to teachAesthetic Values in London 1881 – His firstcollection of poems waspublished 1884 - Married Constance Lloyd 1887 – LeftIrelandpermanently 1887 – Beganworking as a reviewer for the Pall MallGazette 1895 – Convicted of homosexualityand sentencestwoyears in prison 1897 – Wasreleased on May 19
4. 1905 – His letters to Douglas wasreleased 1962 – ”The Letters of Oscar Wilde” waspublished 1900 – Died of meningitis on November 30 1954 – His son Vyvyanpenned his memoir ”Son of Oscar Wilde”
23. It is the onlypublishednovel by Oscar Wilde Publishedfirst time in Lippincott’sMonthly Magazine, 1890 Laterreviedby Wilde and published in 1891 Classic gothichorror fiction The picture of dorian gray Action Dorian Gray is a young man who is a subject of a painting by Basil Hallward. Basil admiresDorian’sbeauty. Dorianmeets Lord Henry Wotton, who is espousing a new hedonism. Dorian is obsessed with Lord Henry’sworldview and heespresses a desire to sell his soul, to be sure that the painting Basil had made ages instead of Dorian himself. Thatwayhecanstayyoung and keep his beauty.
24. Monuments in Dublin of oscar wilde Statue of Oscar Wilde in Merrion Park, at Merrions Square Oscar Wilde’schildhoodhome is on the other side of the road He livedthere with his family from 1855-1878 The house is nowused as a collage
