The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories (Signet Classics)
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME THE HAPPY PRINCE THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA In Dorian Gray, Wilde's full-length novel, a fashionable young man sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Also included in the volume are three of the Irish master storyteller's short works.
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME THE HAPPY PRINCE THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA In Dorian Gray, Wilde's full-length novel, a fashionable young man sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Also included in the volume are three of the Irish master storyteller's short works.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451530455 (0451530454)
ASIN: 451530454
Publish date: March 6th 2007
Publisher: Signet Classics
Pages no: 336
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...
12 years ago
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