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The Book of Life begins with a man and a woman in a garden. It ends with Revelations.

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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Playwright
Poet
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Short Story Writer
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Dublin city
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Life
Revelations
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Garden
Woman

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