Oscar Wilde

Audio-CD

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Beschreibung

Dorian Gray becomes convinced that beauty is all-important and wishes his portrait could age instead of him. But each time Dorian commits a sin his portrait ages, showing him what is happening to his soul.

Autor

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was born in Dublin in 1854. He won scholarships to both Trinity College, Dublin, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was heavily influenced by the radical aesthetics of Walter Pater. Flamboyant wit and man-about-town, Wilde had a reputation that preceded him, especially in his early career. After publishing two volumes of short stories between 1887 and 1891, his social-comedy plays such as Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest established his critical and commercial success. In 1895 Wilde was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for homosexual conduct and died in Paris in obscurity a few years after his release.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 486 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781602838789
• Artikelnr.: 28522470