4.1/5
The Picture of Dorian Gray er fortellingen om en egoistisk ung mann: Dorian Gray får oppfylt sitt ønske om at et portrett av ham skal eldes, mens han selv forblir ung. Når han oppdager at ingen av hans handlinger får konsekvenser for hans ytre, gjør han alt han kan for å holde maleriet hemmelig. Denne mystiske og spennende romanen er en av Oscar Wildes mest kjente verker, og ikke uten grunn. Det er en bok man sent vil glemme.
Marita, kundebehandler, Outland Nettbutikken.
Horror hides behind an attractive face in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's tale of a notorious Victorian libertine and his life of evil excesses. Though Dorian's hedonistic indulgences leave no blemish on his ageless features, the painted portrait imbued with his soul proves a living catalogue of corruption. Desperate to hide the physical evidence of his unregenerate spirit, Dorian will stop at nothing, not even murder, to keep his picture's existence a secret.
A scandalous story when it was first published in 1890, Wilde's novel is acknowledged as a landmark of literature today and a tale emblematic of its time.