The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Graphic Novel
“Youth! Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world worth having but youth!”The Picture of Dorian Gray is a graphic adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic work, stunningly re-imagined by writer Ian Edginton and artist I.N.J. Culbard. This Gothic morality tale is the story of a man who, taken by...
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“Youth! Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world worth having but youth!”The Picture of Dorian Gray is a graphic adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic work, stunningly re-imagined by writer Ian Edginton and artist I.N.J. Culbard. This Gothic morality tale is the story of a man who, taken by his own beauty, pledges his soul in a desperate bid for eternal youth. But when his wish is granted, things go terribly wrong. A painting of Dorian begins to age in his place, while Dorian himself becomes a dangerous narcissist who destroys everyone standing in his way until the day he is forced to come face to face with the ugliness of his own conscience.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781411415935 (1411415930)
ASIN: 1411415930
Publish date: January 26th 2009
Publisher: Sterling
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Childrens,
Classics,
Novels,
Juvenile,
Literary Fiction,
Horror,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics
Introduction This is a good book, however, one major crictical flaw that I am finding in Oscar Wilde's writing style is that he loves run on sentences. Examples to follow as I document my notes. I do love his writing style aside from that though. Plot This is the story of Dorian Gray, a self indulge...