Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 154 Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Couperus-Baud, Elizabeth 1867 1960 Picture of Dorian Gray. Dutch Het portret van Dorian Gray Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray Produced by Anne Dreze and Marc D'Hooghe "Het portret van Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde is a novel written during the late 19th century." The story revolves around the character Dorian Gray, a remarkably beautiful young man whose portrait is painted by the artist Basil Hallward. The themes of vanity, morality, and the nature of beauty are explored as Dorian becomes entranced by a life of excess and hedonism after encountering Lord Henry Wotton, a character who espouses a philosophy of indulgence without regard for consequence. "The opening of the novel sets a lush, atmospheric scene in the artist's studio, filled with the fragrance of roses and lilacs." We are introduced to Basil Hallward, who is preoccupied with the portrait of Dorian Gray, which he believes to be his finest work. Lord Henry Wotton, another key character, engages Basil in conversation, expressing curiosity about Dorian, whom Basil has not yet revealed to him. As the dialogue unfolds, Lord Henry's hedonistic worldview starkly contrasts with Basil's protective feelings for Dorian, creating an undercurrent of tension. The stage is set for Dorian's eventual introduction, which will lead to profound transformations in his character and life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. nl 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 Movie Books Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 447087 2025-08-05T03:50:33.488909 text/html 446999 446924 2024-11-05T05:08:09.308954 2023-10-05T05:57:11.048632 text/html text/html 237511 2025-08-05T03:50:41.186921 application/epub+zip 242581 2025-08-05T03:50:36.315874 application/epub+zip 225737 2025-08-05T03:50:35.105927 application/epub+zip 431003 2025-08-05T03:50:44.957846 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404251 2025-08-05T03:50:40.431899 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359697 2022-09-05T08:20:00.653312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404607 2025-08-05T03:50:32.995921 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 384801 2024-10-28T17:51:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20166 2025-08-05T03:50:45.112852 application/rdf+xml 12977 2025-08-05T03:50:35.673877 image/jpeg 3800 2025-08-05T03:50:35.388883 image/jpeg 235232 2025-08-05T03:50:33.529957 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog nl.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia