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The picture of Dorian Gray / Oscar Wilde ; edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Mighall.
A young man's quest for eternal youth and beauty ends in scandal, depravity and death. Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The picture of Dorian Gray was a succes de scandale. Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at his trial at the Old Bailey in 1895. This definitive edition includes a selection of contemporary reviews condemning the novel's immorality, and the introduction to the first Penguin Classics edition by Peter Ackroyd.
Record details
- ISBN: 0141439572
- Physical Description: xliii, 252 pages ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: London ; Penguin, [2003]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Reprinted with minor revisions 2003"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page xxxviii-xlii). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Picture of Dorian Gray -- Selected contemporary reviews of The Picture of Dorian Gray -- Introduction to The First Penguin Classics Edition, by Peter Ackroyd. |
| Target Audience Note: | 920L Lexile 590L Lexile Decoding demand: 79 (high) Semantic demand: 84 (very high) Syntactic demand: 78 (high) Structure demand: 85 (very high) Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.7 14 8668. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | YA WIL (Text) | 0002203647215 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cape Girardeau Public Library | WIL (Text) | 33042003888958 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cape Girardeau Public Library | WIL (Text) | 33042003888966 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Festus Public Library | Fic Wilde (Text) | 32017000077841 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Heartland Regional Library - Vienna | F WIL (Text) | 35555000681140 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Lebanon-Laclede County Library | F Wilde (Text) | 3802866789 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Webster County-Rogersville | F Wilde (Text) | 3990437901 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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