| Publisher |
OM BOOKS INTERNATIONAL |
| Publication Year |
2018 |
| ISBN-13 |
9789385031649 |
| ISBN-10 |
9789385031649 |
| Binding |
Hardcover |
| Number of Pages |
240 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Dimensions (Cms) |
19.7x13.8x2.3 |
| Weight (grms) |
340 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s classic story of a young
man whose beauty prompts a painter to paint a life-like portrait of
him. However, all is not what it seems...Dorian expresses the
desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age andfade. A must-read for children and adults alike!
The novel is a social satire as well as a key explorer of Victorian
norms. We are made to observe human emotions like love, jealousy,
hate and the forces of evil and good. Oscar Wilde propagates his ‘art
for art’s sake’ theory, even as he weaves a narrative around a beautiful young man (Dorian Gray) and his friends (Lord Henry and Basil).The book is a classic in the true sense of the word, as it appeals tothe universal instincts of Man.
George Eliot
Mary Anne Evans known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.
She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure that her works would be taken seriously. Female authors were published under their own names during Eliot\'s lifetime, but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women\'s writing being limited to lighthearted romances. She also wanted to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic. Another factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny, thus avoiding the scandal that would have arisen because of her adulterous relationship with the married George Henry Lewes.
George Eliot
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