| The Picture of Dorian Gray Contributor(s): Wilde, Oscar (Author) |
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ISBN: 1365450996 ISBN-13: 9781365450990 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $11.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Lexile Measure: 500 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6" W x 9" (0.59 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue. The magazine's editors feared the story was indecent as submitted, so they censored roughly 500 words, without Wilde's knowledge, before publication. But even with that, the story was still greeted with outrage by British reviewers, some of whom suggested that Wilde should be prosecuted on moral grounds, leading Wilde to defend the novel aggressively in letters to the British press. Today, Wilde's fin de si cle novella is considered a classic. |