The Irish playwright and prose writer Oscar Wilde created a classic work of the 19th century - "Portrait of Dorian Gray", which is perceived by many generations as a real literary masterpiece. However, this talented writer died in poverty and solitude at the age of 46.
Childhood and youth
Oscar Wilde was born in 1854 in the capital of Ireland, in the family of a medical father, knighted, and mother, who during her life was one of the most prominent representatives of the struggle for the rights and freedom of women. Both parents were part of an elite secular society, and both were seriously interested in literature. Father wrote prose, mother did poetry. Oscar Wilde had an older brother and a younger sister, who, unfortunately, died at the age of ten.
Wealthy parents gave their children all the best. This also applied to education. In early childhood, even before entering school, the best teachers and governesses were invited to the house. Whether inheritance played a role, or such a reverent attitude towards learning, but Oscar Wilde really made great strides in his studies. In 1874, he began to study classical literature and philosophy at the University of Oxford.
Wilde creates his first poetic works in Oxford. There he writes "Ravenna", for which he receives a lot of approval and recognition. In addition, a unique style and style of Wilde, his love of ethics and morality, extreme wit and self-irony take shape in the university years. Many began to admire the young genius and imitate him. His words were broken into quotes.
From his youth, the young poet was distinguished by excessive amorousness. He visited capital brothels, which at that time was considered normal even in secular society. But at the age of 30, Wilde marries a wealthy woman from England - Constance Lloyd, and they have two sons. The birth of children was his inspiration for writing fairy tales.
Since 1887, the most fruitful episode in the life of a prose writer begins. He writes the Canterville Ghost, an important work for his career, and by 1890 he completed the autobiographical novel Portrait of Dorian Gray, which was disapproved of by critics for the lack of morality. But a literary masterpiece has become extremely popular among the general public and has been filmed for about 20 times. After the publication of the novel, Wilde has been writing plays for theatrical productions.
