Oscar Wilde

El retrato de Dorian Gray o El cuadro de Dorian Gray (original en ingl s: The Picture of Dorian Gray) es una novela escrita por el autor irland s Oscar Wilde. Originalmente publicada el 20 de junio de 1890, como cuento en Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, una revista mensual literaria estadounidense, Wilde revisar a la obra, har a varias modificaciones y agregar a nuevos cap tulos para su publicaci n posterior como novela, su nica obra publicada como novela. La versi n modificada fue publicada por Ward Lock & Co en abril de 1891. El retrato de Dorian Gray es considerada una de las ltimas obras cl sicas de la novela de terror g tica con una fuerte tem tica faustiana, adem s muestra un pintor con afecto ntimo y directo con el personaje principal. El libro caus controversia cuando fue publicado por primera vez; sin embargo, es considerado en la actualidad como uno de los cl sicos modernos de la literatura occidental. Basil Hallward es un artista que queda enormemente impresionado por la belleza est tica de un joven llamado Dorian Gray y comienza a admirarlo. Basil pinta un retrato del joven. Charlando en el jard n de Basil, Dorian conoce a un amigo de Basil y empieza a cautivarse por la visi n del mundo de Lord Henry. Exponiendo un nuevo tipo de hedonismo, Lord Henry indica que lo nico que vale la pena en la vida es la belleza, y la satisfacci n de los sentidos. Al darse cuenta de que un d a su belleza se desvanecer , Dorian desea tener siempre la edad de cuando le pint en el cuadro Basil. Mientras l mantiene para siempre la misma apariencia del cuadro, la figura retratada envejece por l. Su b squeda del placer lo lleva a una serie de actos de lujuria; pero el retrato sirve como un recordatorio de los efectos de su alma, con cada pecado la figura se va desfigurando y envejeciendo.

Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- Summary: What would you do to gain eternal youth, to be beautiful and young and highly respected forever and ever? In the first instance, you should think long and longer about such a yearning, because, in the end, it is not external beauty which counts ... it is the beauty of your soul. A lesson Dorian Gray has to learn in one of the most gruesome ways you could imagine. Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist who is impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mode in his art as a painter. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfillment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied and amoral experiences, while staying young and beautiful; all the while his portrait ages and records every soul-corrupting sin The three main characters are Basil Hallward, Lord Henry Wotton and Dorian Gray. Basil Hallward is an artist who after painting a picture of Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with him because of his beauty (the homosexual vs. art object love Basil feels towards Dorian are left vague, likely because of the time it was written). Oscar Wilde's sentences are like small diamonds. They can be held and set against the light and moved around so that their different facets will shine and reflect the world around them. They are also so tightly self-contained with an inner perfect structure that cannot be easily modified. They are perfectly balanced The level of cynicism and societal disregard that Wilde's characters display towards humanity is simply staggering. Oscar Wilde's gift for prose and dialogue is magical. Arguably literature's greatest study of shallowness, vanity, casual cruelty and hedonistic selfishness, Wilde lays it down here with ABSOLUTE PERFECTION Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Books for You: Tales of Terror and Mystery by Arthur Coanan Doyles https: //www.createspace.com/6499707 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6498370 The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6498594 The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6499304 The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6500007 The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6499480 The Open Boat and Other Stories by Stephen Crane https: //www.createspace.com/6447605 A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe https: //www.createspace.com/6493459 The Aspern Papers by Henry James https: //www.createspace.com/6495613 Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw https: //www.createspace.com/6497582 The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6502771 The Adventures of Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6502339 Through the Magic Door by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6502006 The Adventure of the Devil's Foot by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6501272 The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6504404

La novela cuenta la historia de un joven llamado Dorian Gray, retratado por el artista Basilio Hallward, quien queda enormemente impresionado por la belleza f sica de Dorian y comienza a encapricharse con l, creyendo que esta belleza es la responsable de la nueva forma de su arte.

Crafted at the height of his powers, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is a brilliantly written three act drama rife with witty jokes and ingenious one-liners which still feel as fresh and insightful today as when they were first written, over a century ago in 1895. The play's structure continues to be studied by academics and the play itself read and enjoyed the world over for its sheer entertainment value.

Alongside Earnest, discover a biblical tragedy retold, Lady Windemere and her infamous fan and Wilde's take on an ideal husband, in this play.

"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train." - Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest. Crafted at the height of his powers, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is a brilliantly written three act drama rife with witty jokes and ingenious one-liners which still feel as fresh and insightful today as when they were first written, over a century ago in 1895. The play's structure continues to be studied by academics and the play itself read and enjoyed the world over for its sheer entertainment value.

Dorian Gray is immortalized in a painting made by renowned artist Basil Hallward, who quickly realizes that this is his ultimate masterpiece. The painting reflects Gray’s beauty and gracefulness in such a way that it seems to take on a life of its own. And it does. From that point on, the painting starts aging but Gray himself remains young, gradually depicting a convoluted and bizarre relationship between the two of them. With somewhat sinister humor and a sharp honesty that contrasts the hypocrisy of his Victorian era, author Oscar Wilde has given us a classic that knows no barriers of time.

A Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premi red on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirizes English upper class society. It has been performed on stages in Europe and North America since his death in 1900.