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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde [a] (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s.
In "The Soul of Man" Wilde argues that, under capitalism, "the majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altruism—are forced, indeed, so to spoil them": instead of realising their true talents, they waste their time solving the social problems caused by capitalism, without taking their common cause away. Thus ...
A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde is "a new and original play of modern life", in four acts, first given on 19 April 1893 at the Haymarket Theatre, London. [1] Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirises English upper-class society.
The post 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People appeared first on Reader's Digest. ... —Oscar Wilde (August 1940) 34. “Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only ...
A poor lumberjack finds a baby and decides to take him home, raising the child as his own. The baby grows up to be a handsome young boy, but he was cruel and went around torturing animals and people. One day he stoned an old woman; the lumberjack demanded the young boy to stop.
Originally an aesthetic that rose to popularity on TikTok, dark academia books typically have gothic-leaning tones or themes, as seen with classics like Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey ...
Unfamous photos of famous writers that gives us a glimpse into their lives. The post 24 Photographs Of Famous Authors That Most People Have Never Seen first appeared on Bored Panda.
The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893) and An Ideal Husband (1895).