A Pocket Biography of WildeFiona Biggs2018

Oscar Wilde was one of Ireland's finest and most prolific 19th-century writers and a celebrated wit. He became a popular playwright in the early 1890s and is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, the circumstances of his imprisonment at the height of his fame and his early death. This entertaining illustrated biography covers all aspects of his life and work.