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Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar. Wilde (2015, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCreateSpace

ISBN-101512395463

ISBN-139781512395464

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Product Key Features

Book TitlePicture of Dorian Gray

Number of Pages140 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics

Publication Year2015

GenreFiction

AuthorOscar. Wilde

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight9.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal823/.8

SynopsisThe Picture of Dorian Gray is an 1891 philosophical novel by writer and playwright Oscar Wilde. First published as a complete story in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, the editors feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted five hundred words before publication. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press.Wilde revised and expanded the magazine edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) for publication as a novel; the book edition (1891) featured an aphoristic preface - an apologia about the art of the novel and the reader. The content, style, and presentation of the preface made it famous in its own literary right, as social and cultural criticism. In April 1891, the editorial house Ward, Lock and Company published the revised version of The Picture of Dorian Gray.The only novel written by Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray exists in two versions, the 1890 magazine edition (in 13 Chapters) as submitted to Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, and the 1891 book edition (in 20 Chapters). As literature of the 19th century, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an example of Gothic fiction with strong themes interpreted from the legendary Faust.