by Oscar Wilde · William Collins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007351053
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«The Picture of Dorian Gray» is the novel by Oscar Wilde, published by William Collins in paperback (272 pages, in English).
Young Dorian Gray wishes to remain beautiful while his portrait ages for him. When his wish comes true, the painting begins to reflect his excesses and cruelty, until it becomes a hidden mirror of his decay. Wilde tells a story about duplicity, hedonism and the price of a life without conscience.
Novel originally published in 1890. This edition belongs to the Collins Classics collection.
For readers of classics and Gothic literature, with an interest in the debate between art, beauty and morality.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era. Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), his epigrams, plays and bedtime stories for children, as well as his criminal conviction in 1895 for gross indecency and for practicing homosexual acts.
