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The Picture of Dorian Gray


Book Description
With an essay by Peter Ackroyd.'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me ... Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day - mock me horribly!'A story of evil, debauchery and scandal, Oscar Wilde's only novel tells of Dorian Gray, a beautiful yet corrupt man. When he wishes that a perfect portrait of himself would bear the signs of ... More
Book Information
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
BindingKindle Edition (486 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages180
ISBN-10B0080K3FWW
Publication Date06/28/2012
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About Oscar Wilde (Author) : Oscar Wilde is a published author and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Oscar Wilde include A Pantasma De Canterville (Infantil E Xuvenil), The Star Child, A House of Po... more
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8/1/2018 Tom Woodie said: It's a story about young and handsome boy, who didn't grow old, but instead of him his portrait grew old. The Artist put his soul in this picture and young boy's soul live in this portrait. In my opinion, author open the main idea of this book and each character has its own peculiarity.
tags: I recommend, I read

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9/29/2007 Alexandra Yarrow tagged as: I Read

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