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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 of a scandal when it first appeared in 1890. Wilde was attacked for his decadence and corrupting influence, and a few years later the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde's homosexual liaisons, trials that resulted in his imprisonment. Of the book's value as autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, "Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be--in other ages, perhaps."
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- Paperback 264 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0192833650
- ISBN-13: 9780192833655
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Pub date: May 28, 1998
- Dimensions: 19 cm x 13 cm x 1 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
- In other languages:
格雷的畫像
(繁體書)
Le portrait de Dorian Gray
(Livres Français)
El retrato de Dorian Gray
(Libros en Español)
El retrat de Dorian Gray
(llibres en català)
Il ritratto di Dorian Gray
(Libri Italiani)

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E' il primo libro in inglese, salvo Harry Potter, che ho letto tutto da sola, fino alla fine, faticando in un modo tremendo per andare oltre l'inglese ottocentesco.
Eppure, eppure, eppure n'è valsa la pena fino all'ultima sillaba: l'ho apprezzato molto di più in lingua originale che in italiano ... Continue
E' il primo libro in inglese, salvo Harry Potter, che ho letto tutto da sola, fino alla fine, faticando in un modo tremendo per andare oltre l'inglese ottocentesco.
Eppure, eppure, eppure n'è valsa la pena fino all'ultima sillaba: l'ho apprezzato molto di più in lingua originale che in italiano, e ho avuto la forza di aggiungere la quarta stellina al giudizio.
Insomma, cosa bisogna dire? Che questo libro è immorale, perchè mostra al mondo ciò che è. Che è un libro splendido come i suoi personaggi, come la religione dell'Ego, come la crudeltà sottile che con le sue punture di spillo trasuda da ogni dialogo.
Splendido, splendido, splendido. Mi ha permesso di essere indulgente col protagonisa, Dorian, e anche con chi secondo me è il Diavolo :) ovvero Lord Wotton.
La bellezza, come dire, assolve ogni peccato.
Con questo libro Wilde è riuscito a Vedere, laddove molti suoi contemporanei hanno fallito.
When I was 16, if you didn't read Oscar Wilde and love The Smiths I wouldn't acknowledge your existence.
Well, I think I've grown out of that now somewhat. Morrissey's star has kinda fizzled after releasing some truly awful shit in the 90s, although his last couple albums were pretty decent. B ... Continue
When I was 16, if you didn't read Oscar Wilde and love The Smiths I wouldn't acknowledge your existence.
Well, I think I've grown out of that now somewhat. Morrissey's star has kinda fizzled after releasing some truly awful shit in the 90s, although his last couple albums were pretty decent. But yeah, if you don't like this book, I still won't talk to you.
Melancholic, romantic, spooky - classic Oscar Wilde.
Uno dei miei preferiti, in lingua origine è ancora meglio. !!
Eh sì, sono irrecuperabile. Nonostante l'abbia già letto millemila volte non ho resistito. Ho visto quest'edizione, ho pensato alla mia, con quei bordi un po' ammaccati e... ho dovuto comprarla.
Meglio così! Una in italiano e una in inglese!
人性..
all evil since the beginning of time has been related to immotality