Topics The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, Standard eBooks Collection standardebooks; additional_collections Item Size 165.8MUsage CC0 1.0 Universal Topics The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, Standard eBooks Collection standardebooks; additional_collections Item Size 165.8M
The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published as a serial in Lippencott’s Monthly Magazine, and the publishers thought it would so offend readers that they removed nearly 500 words without Wilde’s approval. Wilde soon expanded it and republished it as a novel, including a short preface justifying his art. Even though his contemporaries considered it so offensive that some argued for his prosecution, Dorian Gray today survives as a classic philosophical novel that explores themes of aestheticism and double lives. Couched in Wilde’s trademark cutting wit, Dorian Gray is still being adapted today, with Dorian and his moldering portrait remaining cultural touchstones.
Reviewer: Vyacheslav Pigida - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 27, 2022
Subject: What a tragedy!
Thank you for sharing such work of art. Hideous, at some points, it is, although, pleasant to read.
