TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilde,Oscar
AU  - Bristow,Joseph
TI  - The picture of Dorian Gray
T2  - Oxford world's classics
SN  - 9780191517693
AV  - PR5819.A2 B75 2006eb
U1  - 823/.8 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Appearance (Philosophy)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Conduct of life
KW  - Portraits
KW  - Apparence (Philosophie)
KW  - Romans, nouvelles, etc
KW  - Morale pratique
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Didactic fiction
KW  - gsafd
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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