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The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

(Autor)

Robert Mighall (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2003
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-143957-0 (ISBN)
CHF 11,90 inkl. MwSt
Enthralled by Dorian Gray' own exquisite portrait, he 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 decadence.
'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

Born in Ireland, Wilde (1854-1900) was educated in Dublin and Oxford and became the leading exponent of aestheticism. His work includes plays, a novel, poetry and criticism. Imprisoned for homosexual acts, he died after his release in exile in Paris. Robert Mighall has written on Gothic fiction and is the editor of Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for Penguin Classics. Peter Ackroyd is a best-selling writer whose recent work includes biographies on Dickens and Blake.

The Picture of Dorian GrayAcknowledgements
Introduction
Chronology
Further Reading
A Note on the Text
The Picture of Dorian Gray


Appendix 1: Selected Contemporary Reviews of The Picture of Dorian Gray


Appendix 2: Introduction to the First Penguin Classics Edition, by Peter Ackroyd


Notes

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.1.2003
Reihe/Serie Penguin Classics
Einführung Robert Mighall
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 199 mm
Gewicht 226 g
Themenwelt Literatur Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10 0-14-143957-2 / 0141439572
ISBN-13 978-0-14-143957-0 / 9780141439570
Zustand Neuware
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