The Artistic Dandy
by Sasha Soren
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Oscar Wilde was a playwright, poet, the author of several short stories and one novel.
His mother, Lady Jane Wilde, wrote poetry under the moniker ‘Speranza,’ (Italian for ‘hope’), home-schooled Oscar until he was nine years old, and held weekly salons; her guests included poets, painters, novelists and revolutionaries.
Oscar, though a brilliantly gifted writer, was even more famous for his scathing wit, clever quips and outlandish style, becoming one of the greatest ‘celebrities’ of the late Victorian era.
Several of his plays are still hugely popular, including The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, and Lady Windermere’s Fan, all of which of which have seen big-screen adaptations.
Wilde spent his last years in the Hôtel d'Alsace, in Paris, France. A month before his death, he’s quoted as having said, ‘My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has got to go,’ leading to the legend that the dying aesthete’s last words were, ‘Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.’
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by Sasha Soren
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