THE HAPPY PRINCE OSCAR WILDE ~ (PENGUIN 60S) PAPERBACK IN ZASTRON

Author: Oscar Wilde Condition: Very Good Format: Paperback Pages: 55 Edition: Book Format: Mini-book Shimmering tales of imaginative brilliance Oscar Wilde, writer of genius and flamboyant exponent of the Aesthetic Movement, was born in Dublin in . Famous for his sharp wit and shrewd social observation, he took London by storm with a series of sparkling comedies, among them his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. Yet his popularity was short-lived. An unsuccessful libel case led to his imprisonment and he died in self-imposed exile in France in .