The picture of Dorian Gray

Title:

Author:

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.

Personal Author:

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.

ISBN:

9780143106142

Publication Information:

New York : Penguin Books, 2010.

Physical Description:

218 p. ; 22 cm.

General Note:

"First published in Great Britain by Ward, Lock and Co. 1891"--T.p verso.

Abstract:

An exquisitely beautiful young man in Victorian England retains his youthful and innocent appearance over the years while his portrait reflects both his age and evil soul as he pursues a life of decadence and corruption.

Subject Term:

Appearance (Philosophy) -- Fiction.

Conduct of life -- Fiction.

Portraits -- Fiction.

Youthfulness -- Fiction.

Genre:

Didactic fiction.

Summary:

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Summary

Wilde's masterful and wonderfully entertaining exploration of art and morality, in a chic new deluxe edition

Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman inthe eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The novel was a succès de scandale and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.

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Reviews (1)

Horn Book Review

Wilde's sophisticated novel of the seemingly ageless Dorian Gray and the portrait that reflects his debauchery is presented unabridged and accompanied by adequate watercolor illustrations. Historical facts, biographical information, and supplemental photographs and art are included in the margins, though perhaps not as overwhelmingly as in previous volumes of the series. From HORN BOOK Fall 2001, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.