Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde, Oscar
`The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.` When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, he is captivated by his own beauty. Tempted by his world-weary, decadent friend Lord Henry Wotton, he wishes to stay forever young, and pledges his very soul to keep his good looks. Set in fin-de-siécle London, the novel traces a path from the studio of painter Basil Hallward to the opium dens of the East End. As Dorian`s slide into crime and cruelty progresses he stays magically youthful, while his beautiful portrait changes, revealing the hideous corruption of moral decay. Ever since its first publication in 1890 Wilde`s only novel has remained the subject of critical controversy. Acclaimed by some as an instructive moral tale,...
ISBN: 978-0-19-953598-9
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011