by Oscar Wilde, Jill Nevile · Oxford University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194791267
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«The Picture of Dorian Gray» is Oscar Wilde's gothic novel, retold by Jill Nevile, published by Oxford University Press in paperback.
Young Dorian Gray wishes that his portrait would age in his place so that he could keep his beauty forever. Under the influence of Lord Henry, he gives himself over to a life of pleasure and cynicism; his image remains unchanged, but the painting gradually reveals the corruption of his soul.
Retold by Jill Nevile for the Oxford Bookworms Library series, level 3 (1000 headwords, 80 pages, in English). The text has 10,245 words and corresponds to CEFR level B1.
Suitable for intermediate-level English learners and for adults who wish to read a classic in an adapted version with controlled vocabulary.
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.
