The Picture of Dorian Gray (Evergreens)

Resumen del libro

Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in the portrait rather than on Dorian's own face. The stage is now set for a masterful tale about appearance, reality, art, life, truth, fiction and the burden of conscience.

Oscar Wilde's only full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and playfulness, which brings together all the best elements of his talent in a reinterpretation of the Faustian myth.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Oscar Wildex{0026}lt;/B (1854-1900) fue un escritor, poeta y dramaturgo británico, famoso por su habitual ingenio y sarcasmo social. Es en Londres donde empieza a producir sus primeras obras de éxito, como su reconocida novela x{0026}lt;I El retrato de Dorian Grayx{0026}lt;/I (1890) o, en teatro, x{0026}lt;I El abanico de Lady Windermerx{0026}lt;/I (1892), x{0026}lt;I Salomé x{0026}lt;/I (1894) -que fue censurada por retratar personajes bíblicos-, o x{0026}lt;I La importancia de llamarse Ernestox{0026}lt;/I (1895), divertida comedia que ha sido llevada al cine en diversas ocasiones. Entre los años 1887-1889 editó la revista femenina x{0026}lt;I Woman's Worldx{0026}lt;/I .x{0026}lt;/P