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Oct 12, 2024 · Oscar Wilde was an Irish wit, poet, and dramatist who was a spokesman for the late 19th-century Aesthetic movement that advocated art for art’s sake. Wilde’s best-known works are the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) and his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1985).
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, moral fantasy novel by Irish...
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Sep 28, 2024 · The title of Wilde’s book refers to two pictures—the actual painting of Dorian Gray and the metaphorical one. The latter is the appearance of Dorian’s true self. The author helps the reader “picture” the character’s traits. He shows how corrupted Dorian’s soul is, which is also reflected in the painting.
Sep 23, 2024 · Chapter 1. The studio was filled with the rich odor of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn. From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as usual ...
Sep 23, 2024 · Public Domain Texts The Picture of Dorian Gray. Chapter 3. Steve Calvert. One afternoon, a month later, Dorian Gray was reclining in a luxurious arm-chair, in the little library of Lord Henry’s house in Curzon Street. It was, in its way, a very charming room, with its high panelled wainscoting of olive-stained oak, its cream-colored frieze ...
Sep 23, 2024 · From: £14.00. Book. Book. Returning to Stage after their sold out performance of “Alice in Wonderland” in 2024, Box Tale Soup present a stunning adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray. “What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?”.
Oct 1, 2024 · The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel by Oscar Wilde in which a man's portrait ages rather than his body. Basil Hallward, an artist, paints a portrait of Dorian Gray. Unbeknownst to Basil, the ...
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Sep 23, 2024 · Chapter 6. It was long past noon when he awoke. His valet had crept several times into the room on tiptoe to see if he was stirring, and had wondered what made his young master sleep so late. Finally his bell sounded, and Victor came in softly with a cup of tea, and a pile of letters, on a small tray of old Sèvres china, and drew back the ...