The Picture of Dorian Gray Illustrated Contributor(s): Wilde, Oscar (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798560705800 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Gothic - Fiction | Literary - Fiction |
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.7 lbs) 272 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.Fearing the story was indecent, the magazine's editor deleted roughly five hundred words before publication without Wilde's knowledge. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press, although he personally made excisions of some of the most controversial material when revising and lengthening the story for book publication the following year. |