Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer, poet, and dramatist born in 1854 in Dublin. He wrote fairy tales that contained social overtones and criticism and drew parallels between imagination and real life. His fairy tales rarely had truly happy endings. One of his most famous works was "The Happy Prince and Other Tales", a collection of stories for children that included the short tale "The Happy Prince" about a metal statue who finds happiness by befriending a migratory bird.

1. Oscar Wilde and his fairy-
tales

2. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde
(1854 – 1900)
• 16 October 1854
• Writer, dramatist, poet
• 21 Westland Row, Dublin
• The second of three children
• Sir William Wilde and Jane Francesca
Wilde

3. Jane Francesca Wilde
• Speranza
• Young Irelanders
• Irish nationalist

4. William Wilde
• Eminent eye doctor
• Surgeon Occulist to
the Queen
• Books about Irish
archaeology and
peasant folklore
• Children from
wedlock before his
marriage

5. Trinity College in Dublin

6. • Moved to London in 1879
• In 1881 collected poems were
published
• In 1882 accepted the lecture tour in
America which was a huge success
• Worked prolifically as a journalist

8. • In 1884 married
Constance Lloyd

9. • They had two sons,
Cyrill and Vyvyan

10. • In 1895 he was • Left England for
sentenced to two France
years imprisonment
for violating the
moral laws • Died a broken man
on 30 November
1900 in Paris under
• Bankruptcy the name of
Sebastian Melmont
• Left prison on 19
May 1897

11. Fairy-tales
• Social overtones
• Criticism
• Parallels between the imagination and real-
life
• Unfairness
• Rarely have a truly happy ending

12. “The Happy Prince and Other Tales”
• Sometimes called “The Happy Prince and
Other Stories”
• A collection of stories for children
• “The Happy Prince” – a short tale of a metal
statue who befriends a migratory bird.
• Happiness to others, in life as well as in death

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