![]() ![]() Wilde was jailed for indecency and sentenced to two years of hard labor, which he served. In that same year, Wilde’s secret life as a homosexual was exposed by his lover’s father, which in late Victorian England was a criminal act. After its success, Wilde turned to writing plays, producing a number of comedies that made light of different aspects of society, as well as his most famous play, the wildly successful The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895. In the 1890s, Wilde reached the height of his writing career, beginning with the publication of his sole novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. During this time, he also married Constance Lloyd, the daughter of a wealthy lawyer with whom he had two children. ![]() ![]() He became a renowned public figure in London and abroad because of his sharp wit, eccentricity, and praise of the hedonistic pursuit of pleasure. During and after university, Wilde was a prominent advocate of aestheticism and dabbled in a number of literary pursuits as an essayist, lecturer, journalist, and author. Wilde studied Classics at Trinity College Dublin before moving on to study at Oxford. ![]() As a child, his mother wrote and read to him the poetry of a revolutionary group, the Young Irelanders, instilling him early on with a love of poetry and the written word. Oscar Wilde was one of three children born in Dublin, Ireland, to aristocratic parents, both of whom were well-known intellectuals and artists. ![]()
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