Fülszöveg
A Study in Horror
Lord Henry Wotton watched curiously as Basil
Hallward completed a portrait of a remarkably
handsome youth. Who was he? Dorian Gray,
said the painter, and Lord Henry must never
meet him—for his corrupting influence could
only lead the innocent boy into a life of terrible
Evil
Yet the two do meet, and the consequence is
one of the most gripping fantasies in English
literature, a story of a picture that ages horribly
while its subject—a seducer, a debaucher and a
murderer—remains unravaged by Time.
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1891) is in
part a reflection of Oscar Wilde's own tragic life.
He was, by his own admission, a dandy who
regarded art as a supreme value and spent his
energies in search of new sensations, despite
the harm done to others. So Dorian Gray seeks
pleasure only—until, in reckless abandon, he
commits a final, dastardly crime.
The dramatic nature of Wilde's masterpiece
helped make it by far his most popular work of
fiction....
Tovább
Fülszöveg
A Study in Horror
Lord Henry Wotton watched curiously as Basil
Hallward completed a portrait of a remarkably
handsome youth. Who was he? Dorian Gray,
said the painter, and Lord Henry must never
meet him—for his corrupting influence could
only lead the innocent boy into a life of terrible
Evil
Yet the two do meet, and the consequence is
one of the most gripping fantasies in English
literature, a story of a picture that ages horribly
while its subject—a seducer, a debaucher and a
murderer—remains unravaged by Time.
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1891) is in
part a reflection of Oscar Wilde's own tragic life.
He was, by his own admission, a dandy who
regarded art as a supreme value and spent his
energies in search of new sensations, despite
the harm done to others. So Dorian Gray seeks
pleasure only—until, in reckless abandon, he
commits a final, dastardly crime.
The dramatic nature of Wilde's masterpiece
helped make it by far his most popular work of
fiction. The story has been staged, filmed, and
remains today of lasting interest.
Vissza