LEADER 01579oam 2200313z- 450 001 9910162717103321 005 20170924175856.0 010 $a0-573-30045-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000856146 035 $a(BIP)054689782 035 $a(VLeBooks)9780573300455 035 $a(Exl-AI)993710000000856146 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000856146 100 $a20161219c2016uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 $aPicture of Dorian Gray 210 $aLondon$cSamuel French 215 $a1 online resource (102 p.) $cill 311 08$a0-573-11183-9 330 8 $aSet in the decadent world of Victorian London, a beautiful young man called Dorian Gray becomes infatuated by the exquisite portrait that Basil Hallward has painted of him. He makes a Faustian pact that the picture will grow old while he remains forever young. Oscar Wilde's only novel caused an immediate scandal when it was first published in 1890 and its themes of youth and decay, innocence and corruption, art and reality are even more relevant to us in the 21st century than in the 19th. Adapted by Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland and John O'Connor, this delightfully witty version of Wilde's story incorporates material suppressed from the original manuscript. 606 $aDecadence in literature$7Generated by AI 606 $aAesthetics in literature$7Generated by AI 615 0$aDecadence in literature 615 0$aAesthetics in literature 700 $aHolland$b Merlin$0386942 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162717103321 996 $aPicture of Dorian Gray$94178802 997 $aUNINA