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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wordsworth Classics)

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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.

Author: Oscar Wilde
Manufacturer: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Language: Angļu valoda
ISBN code: 9781853260155
Cover type: Soft cover
Year of publication:1992
Number of pages:224