| The Picture of Dorian Gray Contributor(s): Wilde, Oscar (Author), Eugenides, Jeffrey (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0307743527 ISBN-13: 9780307743527 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $9.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Horror - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 500 |
| Series: Vintage Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's enduringly popular story of a beautiful and corrupt man and the portrait that reveals all his secrets. Entranced by the perfection of his recently painted portrait, the youthful Dorian Gray expresses a wish that the figure on the canvas could age and change in his place. When his wish comes true, the portrait becomes his hideous secret as he follows a downward trajectory of decadence and cruelty that leaves its traces only in the portrait's degraded image. Wilde's unforgettable portrayal of a Faustian bargain and its consequences is narrated with his characteristic incisive wit and diamond-sharp prose. The result is a novel that is as flamboyant and controversial as its incomparable author. |