The happy prince/The nightingale and the rose [antikvár]

OSCAR WILDE - HIS LIFE AND WORK Oscar Wilde lived in the second half of the 19th century. He was born in Dublin. His father was a famous surgeon. His mother wrote poetry and political articles about Ireland. Oscar Wilde studied in Dublin and later at Oxford. He was greatly interested in classical languages and literature. He travelled in Italy, Greece and the United States. He also spent some time in France where he met famous writers and poets of that time. He died in France in 19001, and was buried in Paris. He was a brilliant man and one of the leaders of the aesthetic movement in literature. The motto of that movement was: "Art for art's sake".2 He was a prose writer, a playwright and a poet. His works are full of originality and wit. His tales are beautifully written and give a lot of pleasure to children and grown-up people as well. They belong to the most beautiful tales in the world literature. If you can read between the lines3, you will find a deeper meaning in 1 1900 — nineteen hundred [>nain'ti:n 'hAndrad] — (w roku) tysiac dziewi§cset(nym) 2 Art for art's sake ['a:tf9'a:t seik] — sztuka dla sztuki 3 read between the lines ['ri:d bi'twi:n da'lainz] — czytac mi^dzy wierszami 4