The picture of Dorian Gray / Oscar Wilde.

By:

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

Contributor(s):

Bristow, Joseph

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Edition: New ed. / edited with an introduction and notes by Joseph BristowDescription: 1 online resource (xlii, 229 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191517693
0191517690
0192807293
9780192807298

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Picture of Dorian Gray.DDC classification:

823/.8 22

LOC classification:

PR5819.A2 B75 2006eb

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Contents:

Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Oscar Wilde; THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY; Explanatory Notes.

Summary: Dorian Gray gives his soul for eternal youth. While his portrait changes hideously, reflecting his crimes and corruption, he remains outwardly flawless. This new edition uses the 1891 expanded text and shows how Wilde transformed his many sources. - ;'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.'. When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, he is captivated by his own beauty. Tempted by his world-weary, decadent friend Lord Henry Wotton, he wishes to stay forever young, and pledges his very soul to keep his good looks. Set in fin-de-si--eacute--;cle London, the novel traces a path.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xxxvii).

Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Oscar Wilde; THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY; Explanatory Notes.

Dorian Gray gives his soul for eternal youth. While his portrait changes hideously, reflecting his crimes and corruption, he remains outwardly flawless. This new edition uses the 1891 expanded text and shows how Wilde transformed his many sources. - ;'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.'. When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, he is captivated by his own beauty. Tempted by his world-weary, decadent friend Lord Henry Wotton, he wishes to stay forever young, and pledges his very soul to keep his good looks. Set in fin-de-si--eacute--;cle London, the novel traces a path.

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