| The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Contributor(s): Benitez, Paula (Editor), Wilde, Oscar (Author) |
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ISBN: 1540836177 ISBN-13: 9781540836175 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $17.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Lexile Measure: 970 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 242 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 8668 Reading Level: 7.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. The magazine's editor feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted roughly five hundred words before publication. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press, although he personally made excisions of some of the most controversial material when revising and lengthening the story for book publication the following year. |