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The picture of Dorian Gray

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"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."Initially met with controversy and censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only novel by the incomparable Oscar Wilde.

It is bursting with his trademark wit, his love of art, and his embrace of life and all it has to offer. Dorian, fearful of age and the subsequent fading of his beauty, expresses a wish: that a glorious oil portrait of him suffers the burden of age, and not him.

He would sell his soul for it. Unfortunately for him, the wish is granted. Through Dorian, Oscar Wilde weaves an unforgettable tale about the punishment of excess and misplaced desire. Told in an exquisite blend of the Gothic and the philosophical, this fable about our obsession with the aesthetic unravels a horrifying truth: it is not if, but when and where our sins will manifest. The Legend Classics series:Around the World in Eighty DaysThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe Importance of Being EarnestAlice's Adventures in WonderlandThe MetamorphosisThe Railway ChildrenThe Hound of the BaskervillesFrankensteinWuthering HeightsThree Men in a BoatThe Time MachineLittle WomenAnne of Green GablesThe Jungle BookThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other StoriesDraculaA Study in ScarletLeaves of GrassThe Secret GardenThe War of the WorldsA Christmas CarolStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeHeart of DarknessThe Scarlet LetterThis Side of ParadiseOliver TwistThe Picture of Dorian GrayTreasure IslandThe Turn of the ScrewThe Adventures of Tom SawyerEmmaThe TrialA Selection of Short Stories by Edgar Allan PoeGrimm Fairy TalesThe AwakeningMrs DallowayGulliver's TravelsThe Castle of OtrantoSilas MarnerHard Times

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Legend Press Ltd
1789559626 / 9781789559620
Paperback / softback
823.8
08/02/2021
United Kingdom
English
Classics
288 pages
20 cm
Quiz No: 200402, Points 14.00, Book Level 7.70,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More