by Oscar Wilde · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141439570
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Immerse yourself in the decadent and mysterious atmosphere of Victorian England with Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'. In this fascinating novel, Dorian Gray, a young man of remarkable beauty, makes a Faustian pact: his portrait will age and show the scars of his sins, while he remains eternally young. As Dorian indulges in a life of pleasures and excesses, the painting becomes a mirror of his corrupt soul, confronting him with the consequences of his actions. A masterpiece of Gothic literature that explores themes such as beauty, morality, and human nature.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era. Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), his epigrams, plays and bedtime stories for children, as well as his criminal conviction in 1895 for gross indecency and for practicing homosexual acts.
