The Picture of Dorian Gray: Wilde Oscar (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Wilde, Oscar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141439572 ISBN 13: 9780141439570

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

RO60107807. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. 2003. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 252 pages. Nombreux passages du texte surlignés (ouvrage de travail).. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

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Reseña del editor:

'A triumph of execution ... one of the best narratives of the "double life" of a Victorian gentleman' Peter Ackroyd

Oscar Wilde's alluring novel of decadence and sin was a succès de scandale on publication. It follows Dorian Gray who, enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, 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 depravity. This definitive edition includes a selection of contemporary reviews condemning the novel's immorality.

Edited with an Introduction and notes by ROBERT MIGHALL

Contraportada:

Dorian Gray has just had his portrait painted. It is a perfect likeness of the quite extraordinary beautiful young man, and it prompts him to make a mad wish for eternal youth. In the years to come, he devotes his public life to and aestheticism-and his private one to decadence and debauchery.

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• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0141439572
• ISBN 13: 9780141439570
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
• Herausgeber: Mighall Robert