Книга: Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde Oscar); Oxford, 2008

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-siecle London, the novel traces a path from the studio of painter Basil Hallward to the opium dens of the East End. As Dorian's slide into crime and cruelty progresses he stays magically youthful, while his beautiful portrait changes, revealing the hideous corruption of moral decay. Ever since its first publication in 1890 Wilde's only novel has remained the subject of critical controversy. Acclaimed by some as an instructive moral tale, it has been denounced by others for its implicit immorality. Combining elements of the supernatural, aestheticism, and the Gothic, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an unclassifiable and uniquely unsettling work of fiction.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9780199535989
Автор(ы)	Wilde Oscar
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2008
Жанр	проза на иностранном языке
Издатель	Oxford
Издательство	Oxford
Количество страниц	272
Серия	Oxford World`s Classics
Тип обложки	мягкая