Oscar Wilde

1854–1900

Wit as armour. Behind every epigram is a man rehearsing how to say the forbidden thing in a form society will applaud.

AestheticismComedyEssayGothicNovelSatireArtClassCorruptionDesireDoubleHypocrisy

The writings

Novel

Novel · 1890

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1890 · Gothic · Aestheticism

A portrait ages so its subject need not.

Play

Play · 1895

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

The Importance of Being Earnest

1895 · Comedy · Satire

Two men invent alibis named Ernest.