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The Picture of Dorian Gray

This illustrated edition of “The Picture of Dorian Gray” includes:
Illustrations of objects and places mentioned in the novel.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. The novel-length version was published in April 1891.
The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian's and an artist infatuated with Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfillment are the only things worth pursuing in life.
279 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2022
Publication year
2022
Publisher
coolaij

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  • Alejandra Itzel Eliceriohas quoted2 months ago
    have been right, Basil, haven’t I, to take my love out of poetry and to find my wife in Shakespeare’s plays? Lips that Shakespeare taught to speak have whispered their secret in my ear. I have had the arms of Rosalind around me, and kissed Juliet on the mouth.”
  • Alejandra Itzel Eliceriohas quoted2 months ago
    I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.
  • Alejandra Itzel Eliceriohas quoted2 months ago
    “Marriage is hardly a thing that one can do now and then, Harry.”
    “Except in America,” rejoined Lord Henry languidly.
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