The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
The classic of gothic horror is accompanied by three short stories--""Lord Arthur Savile's Crime,"" ""The Happy Prince,"" and ""The Birthday of the Infanta""--and a new introduction by Gary Schmidgall, author of The Stranger Wilde.
The classic of gothic horror is accompanied by three short stories--""Lord Arthur Savile's Crime,"" ""The Happy Prince,"" and ""The Birthday of the Infanta""--and a new introduction by Gary Schmidgall, author of The Stranger Wilde.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451526014 (0451526015)
Publish date: June 1st 1995
Publisher: Signet Classics
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Gothic
Finally read this classic. I found Wilde's style a little too . . . ornate at times, too clogged with his epigrams. Even though I'm sure they served a purpose, and were illustrative of one character's nature, I just found them to be too much after a while. The scene where Dorian's crime is commit...
My favorite stories in this collection were "The Birthday of the Infanta" and "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime." "The Birthday" was an incredible piece about the beauty of innocence and not being exposed to the "celebrity beauty culture" of that time period. It rings true and real just as much as if it w...
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