Oscar Wilde(奧斯卡.王爾德)is born in 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. His father is a doctor and his mother is a poet. Wilde studies Classics at Trinity College, in Ireland and then at Oxford University, in England. He becomes popular because he is funny and clever. He is famous for his wit.
In 1881 Oscar Wilde publishes his first book, Poems. He goes to America for a year in 1882. When he arrives in New York he says to the customs officer, ‘I have nothing to declare but my genius’. He gives lectures to Americans about beauty and art.
In 1884 Wilde marries Constance Lloyd and they have two children. In 1888 he writes The Happy Prince and Other Tales for their sons.
Wilde is famous for his plays, stories and poetry. His only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), shocks the Victorian society of the time. His plays Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) make fun of Victorian society, They are still very popular today. Wilde suffers problems with scandal in the 1890s.
In 1895 he is arrested and sent to prison for two years. In 1898 he writes The Ballad of Reading Gaol. This work describes his life in prison. In 1897 Wilde goes to Paris. He dies a poor man in 1900.
目錄
About this Book
For the Student
For the Teacher
Level 1: Structures
About the Author
The Fisherman and his Soul
Before Reading
The Fisherman and his Soul
After Reading