The Captivating Works of Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), A House of Pomegranates (1891), Ravenna (1878), The Sphinx (1894), and The Ideal Husband (1883) are just a few of the captivating works by the prodigious English author Oscar Wilde. He also wrote plays like The Duchess of Padua...
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Oscar Wilde published his book The Picture of Dorian Grey in 1890. The publisher altered some of the substance of the book because it dealt with so much indecent desire. Despite being censored, the novel started to offend British reviewers' morals. They maintained that he had broken morality's rules. The...
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In Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray: The centrality and importance of beauty is evident. The author uses varied text, direct and implied, to expose the aesthetics of beauty, commonly reminiscent in the Victorian era. The perverse reference to beauty and aesthetics can be visualized from the lush descriptions of...
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