Il ritratto di Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

Overview

A spiegare il successo duraturo di questo libro non bastano né il talento letterario né le qualità istrionesche di quell’irriducibile eccentrico che fu Oscar Wilde. La popolarità del romanzo – che la società letteraria accolse al suo apparire, nel 1891, con sufficienza e disapprovazione – si deve al rapporto che esso riuscì a instaurare con i lettori e, ovviamente, alla feroce e sublime critica della cosiddetta etica borghese che Wilde non si stancò mai di esercitare per tutta la vita.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788811131199
Publisher:	Garzanti classici
Publication date:	12/31/2010
Sold by:	GeMS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	226
File size:	364 KB
Language:	Italian

About the Author

The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet who delighted Victorian England with his legendary wit. He found critical and popular success with his scintillating plays, chiefly The Importance of Being Earnest, while his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, scandalized readers. Imprisoned for two years for homosexual behavior, Wilde moved to France after his release, where he died destitute.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874