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He was born in Dublin in 1854 into an upper middle-class family. Walter Pater influenced Wilde's life and works. In constant need of money, he accepted an invitation to lecture in the United States but on his return to Europe, he married Constance Lloyd but soon became tired of his marriage. In the late 1880s Wilde's literary talent was revealed by a series of short stories and the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray". In spite of violent reaction around this novel, his literary prestige increased thanks to the success of his so-called "society plays" which brought him fame and wealth. He was accused of an homosexual relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas and he was arrested and sentenced to 2 years hard labour. While in prison he wrote "De Profundis", a long letter written to Lord. He died of meningitis in Paris in 1900. The name of Oscar Wilde is closely connected with Aestheticism. To him, life was meant for pleasure, and was related to beauty so Wilde's interests were beautiful clothes, good conversation, delicious food and handsome boys. However, despite his aestheticism, he was still a Victorian at heart. He belive that only art as the cult of beauty could prevent the death of the soul. In "The Picture of Dorian Gray", the ending of the story is moral, and seems to suggest that there is a price to be paid for a life of pleasure.