Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray

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rests on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermeres Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). He was a spokesman for the late 19th-century Aesthetic movement in England, which advocated art for arts sake; and he was the object of celebrated civil and criminal suits involving homosexuality and ending in his imprisonment (1895-97). 16. ...