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The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray

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More than 120 years after its initial submission, the uncensored version of Oscar Wilde's novel appears here for the first time in paperback. This edition restores material removed by the novel’s first editor, who panicked upon seeing the typescript, fearing readers would find its graphic homosexual content “offensive.” He edited the text to make it “acceptable to the most fastidious taste,” and Wilde did not see these changes until the novel was published. The editor’s concerns were warranted; even in its redacted form, the novel sparked public outrage, with the British press labeling it “vulgar,” “unclean,” and “poisonous.” When Wilde later expanded the novel for book publication, he further toned down its “immoral” elements in response to criticism. Wilde famously remarked that the novel reflects different aspects of himself: Basil Hallward represents “what I think I am,” Lord Henry embodies “what the world thinks me,” and “Dorian what I would like to be.” This comment hints at a longing for a more permissive era than his own repressive Victorian society. Implicitly, Wilde would have preferred readers today to engage with the uncensored version of his work.

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The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, Inc ebrary, Nicholas Frankel

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2012
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Romanzo brillante, provocatorio e profondamente affascinante. Con uno stile elegante e tagliente, Wilde esplora temi come la bellezza, la moralità e la corruzione dell’anima. Il personaggio di Dorian è magnetico e inquietante, simbolo di un’eterna giovinezza pagata a caro prezzo. Ogni frase è intrisa di ironia, intelligenza e riflessione filosofica. Un capolavoro che lascia il segno e continua a parlare con forza al lettore moderno.

Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
2012
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
272
ISBN10
0674066316
ISBN13
9780674066311
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Tag
Narrativa, Tema stórico, Classici, Horror, Fenomeni soprannaturali, Omicidi, Morte, XIX Secolo, Adattato in un film, Gotico, Intrighi, Pittura (arte), Horror gotico, Vecchiaia, Moralità, Bellezza, Immortalità
Prima pubblicazione
1891
Titolo originale
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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More than 120 years after its initial submission, the uncensored version of Oscar Wilde's novel appears here for the first time in paperback. This edition restores material removed by the novel’s first editor, who panicked upon seeing the typescript, fearing readers would find its graphic homosexual content “offensive.” He edited the text to make it “acceptable to the most fastidious taste,” and Wilde did not see these changes until the novel was published. The editor’s concerns were warranted; even in its redacted form, the novel sparked public outrage, with the British press labeling it “vulgar,” “unclean,” and “poisonous.” When Wilde later expanded the novel for book publication, he further toned down its “immoral” elements in response to criticism. Wilde famously remarked that the novel reflects different aspects of himself: Basil Hallward represents “what I think I am,” Lord Henry embodies “what the world thinks me,” and “Dorian what I would like to be.” This comment hints at a longing for a more permissive era than his own repressive Victorian society. Implicitly, Wilde would have preferred readers today to engage with the uncensored version of his work.