The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (Paperback)
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9781607107323
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 1 Apr 2013
- Supply Source
- USA
Book
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Baker & Taylor Pub
- Edition
- LEA REP
- Series
- Word Cloud Classics
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 193
- Dimensions
- 197 x 140 x 19mm (283g)
Annotation
- The handsome appearance of dissolute, young Dorian Gray remains unchanged while the features in his portrait become distorted as his degeneration progresses.
- Presents classic works of literature with a clean, modern aesthetic, including foil stamping on a heat-burnished cover, a smaller trim size and specially designed endpapers. Original.
Summary
-
Canterbury Classics gives a new look to this controversial
classic!
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a familiar story of greed, sin, and arrogance. A young man, infatuated with his own handsomeness and youth as depicted in a perfect portrait, makes a bargain he will come to regret. No one can save him from his appetite for pleasure and his awful fate--not the man who idolizes him, not the woman who loves him, and not even himself!
Published in 1890, The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde&;s only novel. At first the subject of intense controversy, it has endured as a classic for years. This Canterbury Classics edition includes the beloved story as well as a special heat-burnished cover, foil stamping, and designed endpapers in an easy-to-carry package.
A cautionary tale of innocence sacrificed for the sake of vice, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a classic whose lessons are still relevant today.
About the Word Cloud Classics series:
Classic works of literature with a clean, modern aesthetic! Perfect for both old and new literature fans, the Word Cloud Classics series from Canterbury Classics provides a chic and inexpensive introduction to timeless tales. With a higher production value, including heat burnished covers and foil stamping, these eye-catching, easy-to-hold editions are the perfect gift for students and fans of literature everywhere.
Fiction
- General Subject
- Literature/Classics
- BISAC Subject 1
- Fiction / Classics
- BISAC Subject 2
- Fiction / Classics
- BISAC Subject 3
- Fiction / Literary
- BISAC Subject 4
- Fiction / Suspense
- BIC Classification 1
- Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
- BIC Classification 2
- Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
- Library Subject 1
- Appearance (Philosophy); Fiction.
- Library Subject 2
- Conduct of life; Fiction.
- Library Subject 3
- Portraits; Fiction.
- Academic Subject 1
- 19Th Century English Novel And Short Story
- Academic Subject 2
- Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
- Dewey Classification
- 823/.8
Author Bio
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish writer and poet, who became
one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.