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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar. Wilde
Category: Classics
The Picture of Dorian Gray is written by Oscar Wilde and is based on one innocent, eventual downfall, and moral corruption of a young man's seduction. The story begins in the studio of painter Basil Hallward with his friend Lord Henry. Basil confides to Henry that he is working on a portrait of Dorian G ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Category: Classics
A narcissistic young man falls under the influence of a hedonist who declares that beauty and sensual fulfillment are all that matters. To ensure the endurance of his youthful good looks, Dorian Gray strikes a Faustian bargain in which his appearance remains unchanged but his portrait reflects every ugl ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Category: Classics | Series: Eye Classics
Aiming to rejuvenate Oscar Wilde's classic, The Picture of Dorian Gray is part of the Eye Classics series, which transforms some of the most important literary classics into graphic novels. Editor Ian Edgington is one of Britain's best- known writers, who has had a huge impact on the world of comics. He ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Category: Classics
The acclaimed Couture Classics with cover designs by Ruben Toledo have become collector's items in the worlds of literature, fashion, design, and popular culture. Now, Toledo's signature style graces the covers of three new Deluxe Editions of gothic literature greats-"Jane Eyre, Dracula," and "The Pictu ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Category: Classics | Series: Signature Classics Ser.
Dorian Gray, a young man of unique beauty, enchanted by himself, has a portrait made by a painter. Obsessed by the fear of growing old, he obtains with the help of a spell that every sign that time should leave on his face, appears only on the portrait and he remains of his beauty. Greedy for pleasure, ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young! If it was only the other way!' Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who u ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is an 1891 philosophical novel by Irish writer and playwright Oscar Wilde. First published as a serial story in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, the editors feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted five hundred words before pub ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Category: Classics
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With an Introduction and Notes by John M.L. Drew, University of Buckingham. Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative P ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Category: Classics | Series: The Penguin English Library
The Penguin English Library Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. 'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me ... Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day - mock me horribly!' A story of evil, debauchery and scandal, Os ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray: (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Flexi Edition) by Oscar Wilde
Category: Classics | Series: Barnes and Noble Flexibound Editions Ser.
A Picture of Dorian Gray is widely considered to be one of the great classics in contemporary Western literature. Dorian Gray, the subject of artist Basil Hallward's painting becomes obsessed with his own vanity, adopts a brand of hedonism that ultimately leads to his own misery and demise. Performed by ...Show more