Project Gutenberg 2013-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 376 Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Zoozmann, Richard 1863 1934 The picture of Dorian Gray. German Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray Produced by Norbert H. Langkau, Marc-Andre Seekamp and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde is a novel written in the late 19th century. This work explores themes of beauty, morality, and the nature of art through its central character, Dorian Gray, whose portrait captures not only his physical beauty but also the essence of his soul. The narrative begins with the interaction between Dorian's creator, the painter Basil Hallward, and Lord Henry Wotton, who becomes a significant influence on Dorian's life. At the start of the story, the atmosphere is set in an artist's studio filled with fragrances from the garden, where Basil Hallward is painting the portrait of the remarkably handsome young man, Dorian Gray. As the two discuss the painting, we learn that Basil is reluctant to exhibit it because he feels too much of himself is revealed in it. Lord Henry's arrival introduces a hedonistic philosophy that captivates Dorian. Basil describes his first encounter with Dorian at a gathering, expressing how deeply he is affected by the young man's beauty and presence. The opening hints at Dorian's deepening relationship with beauty and art, juxtaposing Lord Henry's flamboyant ideas against Basil's genuine affection for his muse, setting the stage for the moral exploration that will unfold as Dorian grapples with the implications of his desire for eternal youth and beauty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44238/44238-h/images/cover.jpg de Didactic fiction Supernatural -- Fiction Conduct of life -- Fiction Portraits -- Fiction Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 -- Fiction Appearance (Philosophy) -- Fiction Paranormal fiction PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 577750 577759 2024-09-18T13:49:34.887911 2023-09-19T09:30:06.143999 text/html text/html 578494 2013-11-27T12:40:50 text/html; charset=utf-8 215640 2013-11-27T12:41:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 320092 2024-09-18T13:49:41.690843 application/epub+zip 327160 2024-09-18T13:49:36.028855 application/epub+zip 302822 2024-09-18T13:49:35.457905 application/epub+zip 486761 2024-09-18T13:49:46.498850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449573 2024-09-18T13:49:41.084840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425929 2022-09-20T07:45:19.207288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 534849 534739 2024-09-18T13:49:33.793907 2023-09-19T09:30:05.143008 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 523748 2013-11-20T10:44:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 203955 2013-11-20T10:44:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21096 2024-09-18T13:49:46.654823 application/rdf+xml 15519 2024-09-18T13:49:35.557853 image/jpeg 2472 2024-09-18T13:49:35.507858 image/jpeg 300711 2024-09-18T13:49:34.944863 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia