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Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1992, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWordsworth Editions, The Limited

ISBN-101853260150

ISBN-139781853260155

eBay Product ID (ePID)128148097

Product Key Features

Book TitlePicture of Dorian Gray

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Literary

Publication Year1992

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorOscar Wilde

Book SeriesClassics Library

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight2.3 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Number of Volumes1 vol.

SynopsisWith an Introduction and Notes by John M.L. Drew, University of Buckingham. 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 believe 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., Experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. This novel is a puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence.