The Picture of Dorian Gray (Study Guide & Workbook) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781643990224)

This Study Guide & Workbook for The Picture of Dorian Gray is designed for classroom use by English, literature, and writing students, as well as leisure readers desiring deeper insights into Oscar Wilde's gothic horror classic. It includes an editor's introduction providing historical context on the book and the author's life and times; a study guide with chapter summaries and discussion prompts; and chapter-based quizzes that readers can use to assess their understanding of key concepts, characters, and events in the story.

This edition has an interactive component and provides free online access to a "virtual classroom" devoted to The Picture of Dorian Gray, hosted on the Virtual University Press website. Features of this e-learning environment include: interactive, multiple-choice quizzes with randomized questions, shuffled answers, and auto-scoring in real-time; a Web Resources section with a curated videos and Web-based study materials; and a Vocabulary Guide highlighting 800+ words unfamiliar to many readers, organized by chapter.

This edition contains only the Study Guide & Workbook. If you are looking for a version that contains both the full text of Oscar Wilde's story plus the Study Guide and Workbook, please see "The Picture of Dorian Gray (Academic Edition)" by Virtual University Press.