The Picture of Dorian Gray |
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Author:
| Wilde, Oscar |
Series title: | Standard Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-5010-2044-5 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $5.65 |
Book Description:
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The eminent painter Basil Hallward has completed his masterpiece-a portrait too fine, too perfect to ever be exhibited. His subject, overwhelmed by the finished painting, says a prayer he lives to regret. A series of mysterious events follow. The painter, a few years later, seemingly vanishes. Dorian Gray, the wealthy and universally admired young subject of the painting, for a variety of reasons, becomes a social pariah. He places a curtain over the painting and locks it away....
More DescriptionThe eminent painter Basil Hallward has completed his masterpiece-a portrait too fine, too perfect to ever be exhibited. His subject, overwhelmed by the finished painting, says a prayer he lives to regret. A series of mysterious events follow. The painter, a few years later, seemingly vanishes. Dorian Gray, the wealthy and universally admired young subject of the painting, for a variety of reasons, becomes a social pariah. He places a curtain over the painting and locks it away. Occasionally, knowing what to expect, he draws the curtain back-then peers at his image in a mirror-and each time he is horrified at what he sees!"It is poisonous, if you like; but you cannot deny that it is also perfect, and perfection is what we artists aim at." -Oscar Wilde