The Picture of Dorian Gray

Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series at GBP4.99. Oscar Wilde's only full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and playfulness, which brings together all the best elements of his talent in a reinterpretation of the Faustian myth. This edition contains photographs and a wealth of extra material.

About the author

Famed for his brilliant wit, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was a prolific writer and one of the most successful playwrights of Victorian Britain, as well as a champion for the values of Aestheticism.

Summary

Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series at GBP4.99. Oscar Wilde's only full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and playfulness, which brings together all the best elements of his talent in a reinterpretation of the Faustian myth. This edition contains photographs and a wealth of extra material.

Report

Reading and rereading Wilde throughout the years, I noticed something that his panegyrists had not, it seems, suspected: namely the verifiable, elementary fact that Wilde was virtually always right. Jorge Luis Borges

Product details

• Authors: Oscar Wilde, Wilde Oscar
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.08.2014
• EAN: 9781847493729
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-372-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Alma Classics; Alma Classics; Evergreens
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Gothic, Classic horror & ghost stories