The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781547285303)

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. The magazine's editor feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted roughly five hundred words before publication. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press, although he personally made excisions of some of the most controversial material when revising and lengthening the story for book publication the following year.

Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN-10: 1547285303
ISBN-13: 9781547285303
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/08/2017
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.53d