Name: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9781847493729

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Author

Oscar Wilde

Publisher

Alma Books

Year

2014

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.6 x 12.7 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9781847493729

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in the portrait rather than on Dorian's own face. The stage is now set for a masterful tale about appearance, reality, art, life, truth, fiction and the burden of conscience. Oscar Wilde's only full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and playfulness, which brings together all the best elements of his talent in a reinterpretation of the Faustian myth.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde is considered one of the most prominent playwrights of late Victorian London. Additionally, he was a celebrity of the time due to his great and sharp wit. Today, he is remembered for his epigrams, his short stories, his plays, his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the tragedy of his imprisonment, followed by his premature death.

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