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    The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version
    The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version
    The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version

    By Oscar Wilde

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    This carefully crafted ebook: "The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in 1890. A substantially revised and expanded edition was published in April 1891. For the new edition, Wilde revised the content of the novel's existing chapters, divided the final chapter into two chapters, and created six entirely new additional chapters. Whereas the original edition of the novel contains 13 chapters, the revised edition of the novel contains 20 chapters. The 1891 version was expanded from 13 to 20 chapters, but also toned down, particularly in some of its overt homoerotic aspects. Also, chapters 3, 5, and 15 to 18 are entirely new in the 1891 version, and chapter 13 from the first edition is split in two (becoming chapters 19 and 20). The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Dorian is selected for his remarkable physical beauty, and Basil becomes strongly infatuated with Dorian, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode of art. The Picture of Dorian Gray is considered one of the last works of classic gothic horror fiction with a strong Faustian theme. It deals with the artistic movement of the decadents, and homosexuality, both of which caused some controversy when the book was first published. However, in modern times, the book has been referred to as "one of the modern classics of Western literature. Oscar Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his only novel (The Picture of Dorian Gray), his plays and poetry, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publishere-artnow
    Release dateNov 10, 2013
    ISBN4064066446987
    The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version
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    Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 and died on the 30th November 1900. He was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest.

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    • 5/5
      An amazing novel detailing the power of art, corruption and influence, vanity. Some of the most beautiful writing I have ever read. I absolutely loved every bit of dialog in this book, it was just incredible.

      Favorite quotes:

      "Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes."

      "her death has all the pathetic uselessness of martyrdom, all its wasted beauty"

      "One hardly knew whether one was reading the spiritual ecstasies of some medieval saint or the morbid confessions of a modern sinner"
    • 5/5
      Very familiar story
    • 3/5
      All very gothic.
    • 5/5
      Amazing read!

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