В книге представлены произведения Оскара Уайльда: роман «Портрет Дориана Грея» (1890) и эссе «Упадок искусства лжи» (1889), «Кисть, перо и отрава» (1889), «Критик как художник» (1890), «Истина масок» (1885), «Душа человека при социализме» (1891). Все произведения даны на языке оригинала. Знакомство с оригиналами творений классиков зарубежной литературы, науки, искусства поможет сегодняшним студентам составить более точное представление о неповторимой стилистике каждого автора, а также расширит...
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young… If it was only the other way!'Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful. The painting, which reflects each of Gray's sins and transgressions in its hideousness,...
A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jill Nevile.
‘When we are happy, we are always good’, says Lord Henry, ‘but when we are good, we are not always happy.’
Lord Henry’s lazy, clever words lead the young Dorian Gray into a world where it is better to be beautiful than to be good; a world where anything can be forgiven – even murder – if it can make people laugh at a dinner party.
Wilde's 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 belief in 'art for art's 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,...
