The Picture of Dorian Gray

Resumen del libro

This book comes with an introduction and notes by John M.L. Drew, University of Buckingham. Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he later recalled the 'note of doom' which runs like 'a purple thread' through its carefully crafted prose.

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