Agnes TaelXIb

• 16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900

• an Irish writer and poet• born at 21 Westland Row,

Dublin• attended Trinity College and

Magdalen College• Newdigate prize• served as a playwright,

novelist, poet, editor, and critique

• 1882 one year lecture tour in America

OSCAR FINGAL O'FLAHERTIE WILLS WILDE

• 1884 married• two sons• Lord Alfred• 1895 imprisonment for

homosexual offences• one of the greatest 

playwrights during the Victorian Era.  

PERSONAL LIFE

• collection of stories for children• first published in May 1888• most famous for The Happy Prince• convey an appreciation for charity,

compassion, love and beauty

The stories included in this collection are:• The Happy Prince• The Nightingale and the Rose• The Selfish Giant• The Devoted Friend• The Remarkable Rocket

THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES

THE HAPPY PRINCE

THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE

THE SELFISH GIANT

THE DEVOTED FRIEND

THE REMARKABLE ROCKET

• a collection of fairy tales• a second collection for

The Happy Prince and Other Tales in 1888

• "intended neither for the British child nor the British public.„

The stories in this collection:• The Young King• The Birthday of the

Infanta• The Fisherman and his

Soul• The Star-Child

A HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES

THE YOUNG KING

THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA

THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL

THE STAR-CHILD

Life is too important

to be taken

seriously!(Oscar Wilde)

SOURCES

• http://www.poemhunter.com/oscar-wilde/biography/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_of_Pomegranates• http://

html.rincondelvago.com/the-nightingale-and-the-rose-the-devoted-friend_oscar-wilde.html

• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/I_want_a_brief_summary_of_the_story_the_happy_prince_by_oscar_wilde

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde• http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happy_Prince_and_Other_Tales• http://www.artpassions.net/wilde/young_king.html• http://www.artefabula.com/OW-02sc2.html