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008			101129s2011 mauab b 000 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aPR5819.A2
100	1		_aWilde, Oscar, _d1854-1900.
245	1	4	_aThe picture of Dorian Gray _b: the original 1890 edition / _cOscar Wilde
260			_bPrinted by Amazon _c2023
300			_a186 p. : _c25 cm.
520			_aThe Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1891 gothic and philosophical novel by Irish writer and playwright Oscar Wilde. First published as a serial story in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, the editors feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted five hundred words before publication. Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press. Wilde revised and expanded the magazine edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) for publication as a novel; the book edition (1891) featured an aphoristic preface — an apologia about the art of the novel and the reader. The content, style and presentation of the preface made it famous in its own literary right, as social and cultural criticism. In April 1891, the editorial house Ward, Lock and Company published the revised version of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
650		0	_aAppearance (Philosophy) _vFiction.
650		0	_aConduct of life _vFiction.
650		0	_aPortraits _vFiction.
653			_aNot so classic (English)
942			_2lcc
999			_c3790 _d3790
655			_aNovels
041			_aEnglish
653			_aREADING IN ENGLISH
655			_aLiterary classics