Volume 274 pages
1890 year
The Picture of Dorian Gray / Портрет Дориана Грея
About the book
ЗНАМЕНИТАЯ КЛАССИКА НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ!
Завораживающая и интригующая история человека, пожелавшего навеки сохранить молодость и заставить собственный портрет стареть вместо себя. Дориан Грей, аристократ удивительной красоты, продал душу в обмен на исполнение желания. Но он не знал, что цена окажется слишком высока. Он перестанет различать добро и зло и будет разбивать сердца, толкать людей на самоубийство, предавать. Искусство окажется губительнее, чем думал Дориан.
Единственный роман Оскара Уайльда при жизни автора вызывал яростные споры, а ныне признан непревзойденным шедевром мировой литературы.
Captivating and intriguing story of a man who wished to keep his youthful looks and made his portrait age in his stead. To make his wish come true Dorian Gray, an astonishingly hsndsome aristocrat, sold his soul. Little did he know that the price would prove to be too high. He would no longer be able to tell good from evil, he would break hearts, betray people, and even push them towards ending their life. Dorian never could have imagined just how destructive art can be. Oscar Wilde’s only novel was very controversial in his lifetime, but nowadays it is seen as an unparalleled masterpiece of world literature.
On reaching the library he found that it was just after five o'clock, and that the tea had been already brought up. On a little table of dark perfumed wood thickly incrusted with nacre, a present from Lady Radley, his guardian's wife,