The novel that scandalized Victorian England In a London studio, two men contemplate the portrait of another--younger and more beautiful--man. Despite Lord Henry Wotton's urging, Basil Hallward refuses to show his painting in public--there is too much of his true feeling for the subject in it. "I wi
The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Graphic Novel
β Scribed by Oscar Wilde; Ian Edginton
- Book ID
- 100274209
- Publisher
- Sterling Pub
- Year
- 2009;2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1411415930
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β¦ Synopsis
βYouth! Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world worth having but youth!βThe Picture of Dorian Gray is a graphic adaptation of Oscar Wildeβs classic work, stunningly re-imagined by writer Ian Edginton and artist I.N.J. Culbard. This Gothic morality tale is the story of a man who, taken by his own beauty, pledges his soul in a desperate bid for eternal youth. But when his wish is granted, things go terribly wrong. A painting of Dorian begins to age in his place, while Dorian himself becomes a dangerous narcissist who destroys everyone standing in his way until the day he is forced to come face to face with the ugliness of his own conscience.
β¦ Subjects
A Graphic Novel
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde. It tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art.
Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something o