The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings

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Flamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage Here in one volume are his immensely popular novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray his last literary work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, a product of his own prison experience and four complete plays Lady Windermere s Fan, his first dramatic success, An Ideal Husband, which pokes fun at conventional morality, The Importance of Being Earnest, his finest comedy, and Salom , a portrait of uncontrollable love originally written in French and faithfully translated by Richard Ellmann.Every selection appears in its entirety a marvelous collection of outstanding works by the incomparable Oscar Wilde, who s been aptly called a lord of language by Max Beerbohm. Download The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings – kino-fada.fr I once knew a woman who was the modern day equivalence of Dorian Gray When I met her, she was nearing her 53rd birthday but didn t look a day older than 35 She was the splitting image of a brunette Grace Kelly Beautiful was, if even possible, the only word I can use to describe her From afar or in passing, she looked as if she is the nicest person to ever walk the earth She looked regal, striking, and sympathetic But to my surprise, she was nothing like the princess Her angelic face hid t I once knew a woman who was the modern day equivalence of Dorian Gray When I met her, she was nearing her 53rd birthday but didn t look a day older than 35 She was the splitting image of a brunette Grace Kelly Beautiful was, if even possible, the only word I can use to describe her From afar or in passing, she looked as if she is the nicest person to ever walk the earth She looked regal, striking, and sympathetic But to my surprise, she was nothing like the princess Her angelic face hid the unfalttering person that was trapped inside her deceitful shell There was no...,, This is my favourite book of all time It is so wonderfully written, that I feel the need to underline sentences on nearly every page And not only is the style of the writing amazing the story itself is marvelous To be forever young and beautiful has been a dream of many a man Oscar Wilde made a story out of it that truly holds all genres in one Further, you can t help but to feel that you actually know the characters Dorian Gray, whose change you can feel alon...One of my favorites, this novel takes a look into the human psyche specifically a beautiful young man named Dorian Grey When a portrait is drawn of him, the painting accepts the hideous deeds done to his soul and ...I ll follow the example of fellow reviewers and break up the stars Dorian Gray 5 starslike 5 million stars The Happy Prince 4 starsBirthday of the Infanta 3 starsLord Arthur Savile s Crime 3.5 starsSo on average, roughly 4 stars for the whole book Spoilers The Happy Prince is a fable about the importance of compassion and the sacrifice that usually comes with it I loved the moral The Birthday of the Infanta was a sort of uncharacteristic work of Wilde s I tried to read between I ll follow the example of fellow reviewers and break up the stars Dorian Gray 5 starslike 5 million stars The Happy Prince 4 starsBirthday of the Infanta 3 starsLord Arthur Savile s Crime 3.5 starsSo on average, roughly 4 stars for the whole book Spoilers The Happy Prince is a fable about the importance of compassion and the sacrifice that usually comes with it I loved the moral The Birthday of the Infanta was a sort of uncharacteristic ...So you want to remain eternally young This book will tell you an engrossing moralistic tale that paints the picture of where the deadly sin of vanity can take you It will take you into a descent into a hell full of shadows where the light will never touch you.This is a classic dark tale of intrigue It is filled with the depths to which the human condition can sink It is a page turner, but it may leave you feeling empty at the end That is what it did for me Nevertheless, it is a haunting bo So you want to remain eternally young This book will tell you an engrossing moralistic tale that paints the picture of where the deadly sin of vanity can take you It will take you into a descent into a hell full of shadows where the light will never touch you.This is a classic dark tale of intrigue It is filled with the depths to which the human condition can sink It is a page turn...The Picture of Dorian Gray 5 starsThe Happy Prince 3 starsThe Birthday of the Infanta 3 starsLord Arthur Savile s Crime 4 starsAvg rating 3.75 stars, rounded up to 4.My review of The Picture of Dorian GrayI really enjoyed the three stories They were very well written, interesting, and even funny at times.This is my first time reading this since high school and it s definitelymisogynist and anti Semitic than I recallBut, you know, still funny and insightful Would watch Dorian Gray s reality television show.

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings
  • English
  • 22 December 2017
  • Mass Market Paperback
  • 487 pages
  • 0553212540
  • Oscar Wilde
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings