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Victorian playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was born in the late 19th century. His works are still widely read and performed today. Best known for his societal plays and novels such as ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ and ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’, Wilde shook the literary world and quickly became a household name. We celebrate the great writer with 10 free Oscar Wilde audio books.<\/p>\n
Born in Ireland to intellects, Wilde succeeded linguistically in French and German and went on to study in Dublin and Oxford. By the 1890s, he was making waves in London. Helped by the aesthetic movement<\/a> of the time, his witty flamboyant plays<\/a> went down a storm among theatregoers. As well as more adult-themed works, Wilde also wrote for younger audiences, notable ‘The Happy Prince and Other Tales’, a collection of short fairy tales for children<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 1895, after unsuccessfully bringing a libel charge against the father of his lover, Lord Alfred \u2018Bosie\u2019 Douglas<\/a> (a young Oxford undergraduate), Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to 2 years of hard labor. While in prison he was forbidden to write plays or poetry, but letter writing was permitted. Wilde took advantage of this and penned ‘De Profundis’ (‘From the Depths’), addressed to Bosie. It wasn\u2019t published until 1905 and then in full until 1949. Wilde died aged 45 in Paris, where he\u2019d fled after coming out of prison to escape his ruined reputation.<\/p>\n Wilde continues to inspire and progress attitudes towards many relevant topics including atheism, social acceptance, and homosexuality.<\/a> Here are 10 of the best from the man himself, Oscar Wilde.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Ad Section” module_class=”db-ads-section” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_code admin_label=”Code” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] style=”display:block” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-0553395522680398″ data-ad-slot=”2983428166″ data-ad-format=”auto” data-full-width-responsive=”true”><\/ins>