"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a familiar story of greed, sin, and arrogance. A young man, infatuated with his own handsomeness and youth as depicted in a perfect portrait, makes a bargain he will come to regret. No one can save him from his appetite for pleasure and his awful fate--not the man who idolizes him, not the woman who loves him, and not even himself!
Published in 1890, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is Oscar Wilde's only novel. At first the subject of intense controversy, it has endured as a classic for years. This Canterbury Classics edition includes the beloved story as well as a special heat-burnished cover, foil stamping, and designed endpapers in an easy-to-carry package.
A cautionary tale of innocence sacrificed for the sake of vice, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a classic whose lessons are still relevant today.
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讀王爾德是種享受
评分絕對是迄今為止讀過最妙不可言最讓人迴味的英文小說!!
评分真的是一本好書 裏麵的內容經得起推敲打磨 通過讀這本書 掌握到瞭故事發生的曆史背景下的知識 而Dorian Gray ”carpe diem”的態度也讓我對人生有瞭思考 等我知識儲備更全麵一些 一定會再迴來讀這本書
评分"To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be responsible" 果然從古至今,人的惰性一個樣,不分中外。
评分沒有記錄嗎?很多年前讀的,讀書俱樂部,大二還是大三。
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