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020			_a9780199535989
082			_a823.8 _bWIL
100			_aWilde, Oscar
245			_aThe Picture of Dorian Gray
260			_bOxford University Press, _aOxford : _c2006
300			_axlii, 229 p. ; _c20 cm.
365			_b199.00 _c₹ _d01
490			_aOxford World's Classics
520			_aWhen Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, he is captivated by his own beauty. Tempted by his world-weary, decadent friend Lord Henry Wotton, he wishes to stay forever young, and pledges his very soul to keep his good looks. Set in fin-de-siecle London, the novel traces a path from the studio of painter Basil Hallward to the opium dens of the East End. As Dorian's slide into crime and cruelty progresses he stays magically youthful, while his beautiful portrait changes, revealing the hideous corruption of moral decay." "Ever since its first publication in 1890 Wilde's only novel has remained the subject of critical controversy. Acclaimed by some as an instructive moral tale, it has been denounced by others for its implicit immorality. Combining elements of the supernatural, aestheticism, and the Gothic, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an unclassifiable and uniquely unsettling work of fiction.
650			_aFiction and Literature
650			_a Horror and Fantasy
650			_aBooks audio for persons with visual disabilities
650			_aNovel
700			_aBristow, Joseph _eed.
942			_2ddc _cBK