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Oscar

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About Me

What can really be said of me? There is nothing I can say that historians and critics have not already said. I am a little on the arrogant side, but...I feel it is usually justified. I am 152 years old this year and I have been dead for one hundred and six of them!
I was born October 16, 1854 and I died in 1900 on November 30th and I am buried in the Pere Lachaise Cemetary. I wrote a number of things you may or may not have heard of; The Picture of Dorian Gary, The Importance of Being Ernest, Salome...to name a few. I was involved in a scandal which landed me in prison for two years of hard labour. I was accused of "gross indecencies" and for writing "immoral" books. There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are either well written or badly written. a

My Interests

Greek mythology, poetry, debate, philosophy, Italian art, freedom of speech and well crafted jewelry.

I'd like to meet:

People from my past...then again...maybe not. I should like to meet other writers...other dreamers..." / Get Your Own Voice Player Manage

Books:

I rather like the writing of John Ruskin, Virginia Woolf and Walter Pater.

Heroes:

Anyone who lives according to their OWN desires.

My Blog

The Grave of Shelley

IKE burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed Gaunt cypress-trees stand round the sun-bleached stone; Here doth the little night-owl make her throne, And the slight lizard show his jewelled head. And,...
Posted by Oscar on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:23:00 PST

Requiescat

READ lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow. All her bright golden hair Tarnished with rust, She that was young and fair Fallen to dust. Lily-like, ...
Posted by Oscar on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:39:00 PST