Books by Oscar Wilde

Book Synopsis?The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn...?The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by the writer Oscar Wilde, first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist who is impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian?s beauty is responsible for the new mode in his art as a painter. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied and amoral experiences; all the while his portrait ages and records every soul-corrupting sin.

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Book SynopsisOscar Wilde—a playwright, poet, author, and the source of a few scandals—was one of the most celebrated authors of his time and continues to inspire fervor in readers to this day.Oscar Wilde fue uno de los autores mÁs celebrados de su tiempo y todavÍa hoy, a mÁs de cien aÑos de su temprana muerte, sigue cosechando el fervor de los lectores. Dramaturgo, poeta, narrador, intelectual agudo pero tambiÉn escandaloso para su Época.

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