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Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar. Wilde (2014, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoads Publishing

ISBN-101909399000

ISBN-139781909399006

eBay Product ID (ePID)202473607

Product Key Features

Book TitlePicture of Dorian Gray

Number of Pages270 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicLiterary

GenreFiction

AuthorOscar. Wilde

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.5 Oz

Item Length7.3 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal823/.8

SynopsisWilde's only novel, first published in 1890, posits the idea that the only thing worth pursuing in life is beauty. The novel's protagonist, entranced by the perfection of his portrait and realizing that his beauty will one day fade, makes a Faustian bargain whereby the figure on the canvas ages in his place. Gray embarks upon a hedonistic spree of debauchery and cruelty, which mark's only the portrait's face, while his exquisite beauty remains intact., The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, posits the idea that the only thing worth pursuing in life is beauty. The novel's protagonist, entranced by the perfection of his portrait and realising that his beauty will one day fade, makes a Faustian bargain whereby the figure on the canvas ages in his place. Gray soon enjoys a hedonistic lifestyle of debauchery and cruelty that leaves its traces only in the portrait's image, leaving his exquisite beauty seemingly intact.

LC Classification NumberPR5810