The Picture Of Dorian Gray And Other Writings

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Bantam Classics
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307757685

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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings by Oscar Wilde Pdf

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 : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BNC:1001958028

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Pdf

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Union Square & Co.
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781435173125

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Pdf

When handsome young Dorian Gray sees a painter’s stunning portrait of him, he is transfixed by its reflection of his own beauty. He is also troubled by the knowledge that the image in the painting will remain forever youthful and handsome while he himself will grow older and less desirable. He wishes aloud that the roles were reversed, saying that he would give his soul if only the painting would suffer the ravages of time and he were to remain forever young. From that point on, Dorian lives a life of hedonistic indulgence, knowing that only the painting will show his moral corruption.

Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771017902

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To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Pdf

From the author of the classic A LITTLE LIFE, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him—and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances. These three sections are joined in an enthralling and ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can’t exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness. TO PARADISE is a fin de siecle novel of marvelous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love—partners, lovers, children, friends, family and even our fellow citizens—and the pain that ensues when we cannot.

Author : Will Self
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780140290561

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Dorian by Will Self Pdf

Takes both subject and style seriously. This title features the locations, characters, plot and epigrams transposed from the 1890s to the 1990s.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798680596098

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The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Pdf

Over 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores material, including instances of graphic homosexual content, removed by the novel's first editor, who feared it would be "offensive" to Victorians.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307743527

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Pdf

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 : Simon and Schuster
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451686074

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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings by Oscar Wilde Pdf

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. The well-known artist Basil Hallward meets the young Dorian Gray in the stately London home of his aunt, Lady Brandon. Basil becomes immediately infatuated with Dorian, who is cultured, wealthy, and remarkably beautiful. Such beauty, Basil believes, is responsible for a new mode of art, and he decides to paint a portrait of the young man. While finishing the painting, Basil reluctantly introduces Dorian to his friend Lord Henry Wotton, a man known for scandal and exuberance. Wotton inspires Dorian to live life through the senses, to feel beauty in everyday experience. Dorian becomes enthralled by Wotton’s ideas, and more so becomes obsessed with remaining young and beautiful. He expresses a desire to sell his soul and have the portrait of him age, while he, the man, stays eternally young. A tragic story of hedonism and desire, The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s only published novel. Other writings include De Profundis and The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author’s personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research. Read with confidence.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780674057920

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Pdf

Publishes for the first time the author's original, uncensored typescript, in an annotated edition with 60 color illustrations.

Author : Molly Tanzer
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781328710369

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Creatures of Will & Temper by Molly Tanzer Pdf

“A delightful, dark, and entertaining romp . . . Molly Tanzer is at the top of her form in this beautifully constructed novel.” — Jeff VanderMeer, best-selling author of the Southern Reach trilogy Victorian London is a place of fluid social roles, vibrant arts culture, fin-de-siècle wonders . . . and dangerous underground diabolic cults. Fencer Evadne Gray cares for none of the former and knows nothing of the latter when she’s sent to London to chaperone her younger sister, aspiring art critic Dorina. At loose ends after Dorina becomes enamored with their uncle’s friend, Lady Henrietta “Henry” Wotton, a local aristocrat and aesthete, Evadne enrolls in a fencing school. There, she meets George Cantrell, an experienced fencing master like she’s always dreamed of studying under. But soon, George shows her something more than fancy footwork—he reveals to Evadne a secret, hidden world of devilish demons and their obedient servants. George has dedicated himself to eradicating demons and diabolists alike, and now he needs Evadne’s help. But as she learns more, Evadne begins to believe that Lady Henry might actually be a diabolist . . . and even worse, she suspects Dorina might have become one too. Combining swordplay, the supernatural, and Victorian high society, Creatures of Will and Temper reveals a familiar but strange London in a riff on Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray that readers won't soon forget. “An artful, witty, Oscar Wilde pastiche with the heart of a paranormal thriller.” — Diana Gabaldon, best-selling author of Outlander

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Prisons
ISBN : HARVARD:32044086855079

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De Profundis and The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde Pdf

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1551111268

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Pdf

In Oscar Wilde’s famous novel, Dorian Gray is tempted by Henry Wotton to sell his soul in order to hold on to beauty and youth. Dorian succumbs and murders the portrait painter Basil Haliward, who stands between him and his goal. Though in the end vice is punished and virtue rewarded, the novel remains one of the most important expressions of fin de siècle decadence. It is in the preface to the expanded edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray that Wilde coined the most famous expression of his aesthetic: “There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well-written or badly-written. That is all.” Like other Broadview Editions, this edition includes a wide range of materials from the period that help to set the text in context. In particular, the editor locates the text both in relation to elements in the mainstream culture of the day (such as the aesthetes); and in relation to the gay subculture.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Royal Classics
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1774762471

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The Importance of Being Earnest (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by Oscar Wilde Pdf

The Importance of Being Earnest is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. The major themes are the triviality of marriage, and the satire of Victorian ways.

Author : Oscar Wilde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798741342763

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde Pdf

One of the greatest books ever written. A splendid masterpiece...

Author : Ian Edginton,Oscar Wilde
Publisher : SelfMadeHero
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131756715

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Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray by Ian Edginton,Oscar Wilde Pdf

One of the most revered classics of modern literature brought to life in Manga form.