The Picture of Dorian Gray - Brossura

Oscar Wilde

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ISBN 10: 190623082X ISBN 13: 9781906230821

Casa editrice: Real Reads, 2014

Riassunto

‘I believe the only way to live, is to be true to oneself. The only way to get rid of temptation is to give into it.’ Young, rich and handsome, Dorian Gray seems to have it all. So why do people who were once his friends leave the room when he enters? Can there really be any truth in the dark tales that are told about him? And why does he keep his portrait locked away in an attic room? Two men hold the answer to Dorian’s secret. One is the artist, Basil Hallward, who paints Dorian’s portrait. The other is Lord Henry Wotton, who convinces the impressionable Dorian that youth and pleasure are the only things worth living for. Is Dorian Gray really as innocent as he seems? Can love and friendship save him from himself? Or will the secret of the picture of Dorian Gray be a secret he takes to his grave?

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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays. Wilde was a proponent of the Aesthetic movement, which emphasized aesthetic values more than moral or social themes. This doctrine is most clearly summarized in the phrase 'art for art's sake'. Besides literary accomplishments, he is also famous, or perhaps infamous, for his wit, flamboyance, and affairs with men. He was tried and imprisoned for his homosexual relationship (then considered a crime) with the son of an aristocrat.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Real Reads
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 190623082X
• ISBN 13: 9781906230821
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 64
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