The Picture of Dorian Gray (Deseret Alphabet edition)
Oscar Wilde
(Author)
Description
Oscar Wilde (1775-1817) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, and bon vivant. In his time, he was as well known for his colorful life as for his writing. That life, however, was rather too colorful for the time. In 1895, Wilde was sentenced to two years' hard labor for homo- sexuality. Prison broke him emotionally and physically; he died three years after his release. "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891) is Wilde's only novel. It contrasts hedonism with respec- tability using the Victorian belief that one's appearance was a reflection of one's soul. It was controversial when originally published- largely because of its homoerotic subtext-but is now considered one of the great classics of Gothic literature. This book is in the Deseret Alphabet, a phonetic alphabet for writing English developed in the mid-19th century at the University of Deseret (now the University of Utah).
Product Details
Price
$15.82
Publisher
Lulu.com
Publish Date
December 18, 2022
Pages
212
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.45 inches | 0.64 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781387392629
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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was born in Dublin. He won scholarships to both Trinity College, Dublin, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was heavily influenced by the radical aesthetics of Walter Pater. Flamboyant wit and man-about-town, Wilde had a reputation that preceded him, especially in his early career. After publishing two volumes of short stories between 1887 and 1891, his social-comedy plays such as Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest established his critical and commercial success. In 1895 Wilde was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for homosexual conduct and died in Paris in obscurity a few years after his release.