The Picture of Dorian Gray
Author | : Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download The Picture of Dorian Gray Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download The Picture Of Dorian Gray Collectors Edition PDF full book. Access full book title The Picture Of Dorian Gray Collectors Edition.
Author | : Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | : Bantam Classics |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 1982-12-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0553212540 |
Flamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage. Here in one volume are his immensely popular novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray; his last literary work, “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” a product of his own prison experience; and four complete plays: Lady Windermere’s Fan, his first dramatic success, An Ideal Husband, which pokes fun at conventional morality, The Importance of Being Earnest, his finest comedy, and Salomé, a portrait of uncontrollable love originally written in French and faithfully translated by Richard Ellmann. Every selection appears in its entirety–a marvelous collection of outstanding works by the incomparable Oscar Wilde, who’s been aptly called “a lord of language” by Max Beerbohm.
Author | : Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | : e-artnow |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2017-11-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 8027231426 |
"The Picture of Dorian Gray," the only novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in 1890. A substantially revised and expanded edition was published in April 1891. For the new edition, Wilde revised the content of the novel's existing chapters, divided the final chapter into two chapters, and created six entirely new additional chapters. Whereas the original edition of the novel contains 13 chapters, the revised edition of the novel contains 20 chapters. The 1891 version was expanded from 13 to 20 chapters, but also toned down, particularly in some of its overt homoerotic aspects. Also, chapters 3, 5, and 15 to 18 are entirely new in the 1891 version, and chapter 13 from the first edition is split in two (becoming chapters 19 and 20). The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Dorian is selected for his remarkable physical beauty, and Basil becomes strongly infatuated with Dorian, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode of art. The Picture of Dorian Gray is considered one of the last works of classic gothic horror fiction with a strong Faustian theme. It deals with the artistic movement of the decadents, and homosexuality, both of which caused some controversy when the book was first published. However, in modern times, the book has been referred to as "one of the modern classics of Western literature. Oscar Wills Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his only novel (The Picture of Dorian Gray), his plays and poetry, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.
Author | : Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2021-04-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
One of the greatest books ever written. A splendid masterpiece...
Author | : Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2011-07-26 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307743527 |
Oscar Wilde’s enduringly popular story of a beautiful and corrupt man and the portrait that reveals all his secrets—The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel as flamboyant and controversial as its incomparable author. Entranced by the perfection of his recently painted portrait, the youthful Dorian Gray expresses a wish that the figure on the canvas could age and change in his place. When his wish comes true, the portrait becomes his hideous secret as he follows a downward trajectory of decadence and cruelty that leaves its traces only in the portrait’s degraded image. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde’s unforgettable portrayal of a Faustian bargain and its consequences, is narrated with his characteristic incisive wit and diamond-sharp prose.
Author | : Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2011-04-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0674057929 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray altered the way Victorians understood the world they inhabited, heralding the end of a repressive era. Now, more than 120 years after Wilde handed it over to his publisher, Wilde’s uncensored typescript is published here for the first time, in an annotated, extensively illustrated edition.
Author | : Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | : SF Classic |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2020-11-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781774378359 |
Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist who is impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mode in his art as a painter. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied and amoral experiences; all the while his portrait ages and records every soul-corrupting sin. This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.
Author | : OSCAR. WILDE |
Publisher | : SF Classic |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2019-11-19 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781772269253 |
Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist who is impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life.
Author | : Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-10-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0141442468 |
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. 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 in the 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.
Author | : Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2020-02-29 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Why You Should Collect This Edition: - Compact version - Well Formatted Classic Edition - Includes Editorial Summary Inside The Book - Includes Related Illustrations - Exclusive Cover - Collectors Edition Editorial Summary The story starts in the craftsmanship studio of Basil Hallward, who is talking about a present canvas with his clever and flippant companion Lord Henry Wotton. Henry believes that the artistic creation, a representation of an uncommonly delightful youngster, ought to be shown, however Basil deviates, expecting that his fixation on the picture's subject, Dorian Gray, can be found in the work. Dorian at that point shows up, and he is captivated as Henry clarifies his conviction that one should make every moment count by humoring one's motivations. Henry additionally calls attention to that excellence and youth are short lived, and Dorian pronounces that he would give his spirit if the picture were to develop old and wrinkled while he stayed youthful and attractive. Basil gives the canvas to Dorian. Henry chooses to assume the undertaking of trim Dorian's character. Half a month later, Dorian reveals to Henry that he has gone gaga for an entertainer, Sibyl Vane, in light of her incredible excellence and acting ability. Henry and Basil go with him to a shabby venue to see Sibyl, yet her presentation is awful. Sibyl discloses to Dorian that since she realizes what genuine love is, she can never again claim to be enamored in front of an audience. Dorian is repelled and needs nothing further to do with her. At the point when he gets back, he sees a brutal demeanor on the essence of his representation, and he chooses to look for Sibyl's absolution. Henry shows up the following day, in any case, with news that Sibyl ended it all the earlier night, and he persuades Dorian that there is no explanation behind him to feel gravely about it. Dorian has the representation evacuated to his upper room. Henry sends Dorian a book that he finds toxic and entrancing (pundits have proposed that it may be Against the Grain by Joris-Karl Huysmans). Under the book's impact, Dorian goes through the following 18 years in the quest for eccentric and sybaritic abundance, and he turns out to be progressively attracted to malicious. He habitually visits the picture, taking note of the indications of maturing and of defilement that show up, however he himself stays unsullied.