The picture of Dorian Gray
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Modern Library, 1992.
Physical Desc
xii, 254 pages ; 20 cm
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Status
Haltom City Public Library - Fiction
FICTION WILDE
1 available
FICTION WILDE
1 available
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Haltom City Public Library - Fiction | FICTION WILDE | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Modern Library, 1992.
Format
Book
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.7, 14 Points
Level 7.7, 14 Points
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Description
A remarkably handsome youth, Dorian Gray, meets Lord Henry Wotton and is corrupted into a life of terrible evil. Granted eternal youth, Dorian Gray lives a wild, dissipated life while his portrait grows old and haggard. Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it first appeared in 1890. Wilde was attacked for his decadence and corrupting influence, and a few years later the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde's homosexual liaisons, trials that resulted in his imprisonment. Of the book's value as autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, "Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be--in other ages, perhaps."
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,7.7,14.0,8668.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wilde, O. (1992). The picture of Dorian Gray . Modern Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. 1992. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Modern Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. The Picture of Dorian Gray Modern Library, 1992.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray Modern Library, 1992.
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