"This revised Norton Critical Edition, like its predecessor, is the only edition available that includes both the 1890 Lippincott's and the 1891 book version of The Picture of Dorian Gray....
The Picture of Dorian Gray
An exquisitely beautiful young man in Victorian England retains his youthful and innocent appearance over the years while his portrait reflects both his age and evil soul as he pursues a life of decadence and corruption.
A secret hidden in a simple portrait painted a long time ago . . . With extra background on the original novel and its author, plus discussion questions and writing prompts, it's easy to introduce young readers to this literary classic.
Spellbound before his own portrait, Dorian Gray utters a fateful wish.
Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, Masterwork Studies are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that...
The story of a man who preserves his youth and is fêted by society, while his portrait deteriorates with age and corruption.
" ""Criticism" includes seven new essays on the novel that reflect key changes in interpretive theory in recent years and reveal the broad range of perspectives associated with Wilde and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray is about a young man named Dorian Gray who has a portrait painted of himself.
Books are well-written or badly-written. That is all.” Like other Broadview Editions, this edition includes a wide range of materials from the period that help to set the text in context.
La novela fue publicada por primera vez en 1890. Se trata de la única novela escrita por el autor irlandés Oscar Wilde, quien tuvo una prolífica obra como dramaturgo y cuentista.
Rife with reflections of Wilde himself, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a striking representation of the questions many face. TO be tempted by a life of beauty, flamboyance, and riches? Or find acceptance in the things that cannot be changed.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The tale of Dorian Gray’s moral disintegration caused a scandal when it first appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novel’s corrupting influence, he responded that there is, in fact, “a terrible moral in Dorian ...
... picture. He told me why he wouldn't, and it was a revelation to me." Yes, perhaps Basil, too, had his secret. He would ask him and ... in the picture something curious?—something that probably at first did not strike you, but that revealed.
The story of a man who sells his soul to ensure that he will remain young and handsome while his painted portrait ages instead.
This Norton Critical Edition includes both the 1890 and 1891 editions. As a work of fiction, the novel is an exploration of artistic hedonism, inspiration, and intensity.
Explore Wilde's lavish world of Gothic fiction, and his study of lost innocence, full of captivating characters with this gorgeous edition.
When handsome young Dorian Gray sees a painter’s stunning portrait of him, he is transfixed by its reflection of his own beauty.