| The Picture of Dorian Gray Contributor(s): Wilde, Oscar (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798591291952 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $9.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Lexile Measure: 500 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.66 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to belief in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he later recalled the 'note of doom' which runs like 'a purple thread' through its carefully crafted prose .A wonderful book -W. B. Yeats |