It was Lady Windermere’s last reception before Easter, and Bentinck House was even more crowded than usual. Six Cabinet Ministers had come on from the Speaker’s Levée in their stars and ribands, all
El fantasma de Canterville és una de les obres més llegides d'Oscar Wilde, i se n'han fet unes quantes adaptacions al cinema. Explica la història d?un fantasma que veu com el seu poder sobre els vius
Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits, and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes awish he will never regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in the portrait rather than on Dorians own face. The stage is now set for a masterful tale about appearance, reality, art, life, truth, fiction and the ultimate burden of conscience.
With an Introduction and Notes by John M.L. Drew, University of Buckingham.Wildes only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in art for arts sake, to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design.Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he later recalled the note of doom which runs like a purple thread through its carefully crafted prose.
Fur den Muigganger Dorian Gray wird der ewige Menschheitstraum wahr: Er kann nicht altern. Stattdessen altert sein gemaltes Portrat.Sein Aussehen ebnet ihm den gesellschaftlichen Erfolg, Jahr ums Jahr zieht ins Land, aber Dorian Gray bleibt der begehrenswerte, blendend aussehende Jungling. Wahrend er immer maloser und grausamer wird, bleibt sein Aueres jung und makellos schon.Nur der Maler seines Bildes schopft Verdacht, zu wunderlich scheint ihm Grays Alterslosigkeit. Das Geheimnis droht entdeckt zu werden."Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray" ("The Picture of Dorian Gray") ist der einzige Roman des irischen Schriftstellers Oscar Wilde. Das seinerzeit als anruchig geltende Werk war auch Gegenstand des Unzuchtprozesses gegen Wilde.Der Roman gilt als Oscar Wildes Hauptwerk und ist ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur.Null Papier Verlag
Joven agraciado y bellísimo, dotado de «toda la pasión del espíritu romántico y toda la perfección de lo griego», Dorian Gray es, cuando lo retrata el distinguido pintor Basil Hallward, la encarnació
