Oscar Wilde Fanblog

 Here is a full, comprehensive biography of Oscar Wilde: THE LIFE OF OSCAR WILDE A Complete Biography EARLY LIFE & FAMILY (1854–1871) Oscar Wilde was born on 16 October 1854 at 21 Westland Row, Dublin, the second of three children born to an Anglo-Irish couple: Jane, née Elgee, and Sir William Wilde. His father, Sir William Wilde, was an eminent Victorian and a doctor of aural surgery. He was also a celebrated antiquarian, folklorist, and philanthropist who was knighted in 1864 for his services as medical adviser and assistant commissioner to the censuses of Ireland. He was one of the most distinguished men in Ireland in his field, though his personal reputation was complicated by several paternity suits. Wilde's mother, Jane Francesca Elgee, saw herself as a revolutionary and liked to trace her family through an Italian line. An Irish nationalist, she wrote under the pen name Speranza. She attracted artists like herself and established a literary salon devoted to intel...

SONGS LITERALLY TITLED "OSCAR WILDE" OR WITH HIS NAME IN THE TITLE "Oscar Wilde" — Company of Thieves (2009, from the album Ordinary Riches ) — indie rock "Oscar Wilde Gets Out" — Elton John (2013, from The Diving Board ) — inspired by The Ballad of Reading Gaol "Wilde About Boys" — Jonathan King (1971) — pop song playing on the Wilde name "Oscar Wilde" — Eric Woolfson (from his solo catalog) "Oscar Wilde" — The Willowz "Oscar Wilde" — Mike Flowers Pops "Oscar Wilde" — various independent/unsigned artists on Spotify and Bandcamp (numerous) SONGS DIRECTLY ABOUT WILDE'S LIFE OR IMPRISONMENT "Oscar Wilde Gets Out" — Elton John (2013) — inspired by The Ballad of Reading Gaol ; this was the first track Elton recorded for The Diving Board after Bernie Taupin gave him the lyrics "We Love You" — The Rolling Stones (1967) — the promotional film was based on The Trials ...

  Here is a comprehensive organized collection of Oscar Wilde's most famous and notable quotes, drawn from his plays, essays, novels, letters, and recorded conversation: WIT, WISDOM & APHORISMS (GENERAL) "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." "I can resist everything except temptation." "The truth is rarely pure and never simple." "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." "I am not young enough to know everything." "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." "A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal." "The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer." "I never put off till tomorrow what I can po...

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