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The Irish wit behind The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest.
Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer famous for his wit: the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest and some of the most beautiful fairy tales in English.
Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854 and studied at Trinity College Dublin and Oxford. In London he became the most quoted man of his day, a champion of 'art for art's sake'. In 1895, at the height of his fame, he was convicted of 'gross indecency' for his relationships with men and sentenced to two years' hard labor. He died in Paris in 1900, aged 46.
He wrote fairy tales for his young sons, The Happy Prince (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891), which are as sad as they are lovely. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) is his only novel, about a young man who stays beautiful while his portrait ages. The Canterville Ghost is a comic ghost story about an American family who refuse to be scared.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The portrait that ages so he doesn't. Our most-played Wilde.
9 hr 5 min · read by Christian Neale 
The Canterville Ghost
A haunted English manor and a very modern American family.
1 hr 2 min · read by Simon Relph 
The Happy Prince
A statue, a swallow and one of the saddest, loveliest fairy tales ever written.
22 min · read by Michael Lyons
Narrated by Simon Relph
An American family buys Canterville Chase, an old English house, even though everyone warns them it is haunted. The ghost of Sir Simon has frightened every owner for cent...
Narrated by Sara Gladstone
Hans the gardener has a devoted friend, a rich miller who talks constantly about friendship but never gives anything back. A linnet tells the story to a water-rat, who do...
Narrated by Myriam Berger
A young fisherman falls in love with a mermaid, and to be with her he decides to send away his soul. A witch tells him how, and the soul is cut from him. But the soul doe...
Narrated by Michael Lyons
A golden statue of a prince stands high above the city, with sapphire eyes and a ruby on his sword. He was happy once, but now he can see all the misery below. One night...
Narrated by Fiona Spreadborough
A young student is in love, but the girl he loves will dance with him only if he brings her a red rose. His garden has none, and it is winter. A nightingale hears him and...
Narrated by Christian Neale
Dorian Gray trades his soul for eternal youth as his portrait bears the cost. Christian Neale’s vivid narration brings Wilde’s Gothic classic to life with glittering wit...
Narrated by Mike Polischuk
At a royal wedding, the fireworks wait in a row to be lit. One of them, the Remarkable Rocket, is certain he is the most important thing in the kingdom. He talks of his n...
Narrated by Nathan Edwards
Every afternoon after school, the children play in the Giant's beautiful garden. The Giant comes home from a long visit and chases them out, and puts up a wall and a sign...
Narrated by Mike Polischuk
A boy raised among shepherds is brought to a palace and crowned king. On the night before his coronation, he dreams of the people whose suffering paid for his robe, his j...
Born in Dublin.
The Canterville Ghost.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales.
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
The Importance of Being Earnest; convicted and imprisoned.
Dies in Paris.
A young man whose portrait ages and shows his sins while he stays young and beautiful.
Yes. The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and The Nightingale and the Rose are among his best-loved works.
The Canterville Ghost is short and funny. The Picture of Dorian Gray is his masterpiece.
Academy Voices has 9 Oscar Wilde audiobooks, each performed by a real narrator, with a free sample on every one. Every recording is Certified Human Voice.
Reviewed October 2026 by the Academy Voices team. Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata .
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