An edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)

Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

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An edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)

Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

  • 4.2 (119 ratings)
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«Au centre de la pièce, fixé à un chevalet droit, se dressait le portrait en pied d'un jeune homme d'une extraordinaire beauté physique, devant lequel, à peu de distance, se tenait assis le peintre lui-même, Basil Hallward, celui dont, il y a quelques années, la disparition soudaine a, sur le moment, tant ému le public et donné lieu à d'étranges conjectures.»
Or Dorian Gray, jeune dandy séducteur et mondain, a fait ce voeu insensé : garder toujours l'éclat de sa beauté, tandis que le visage peint sur la toile assumerait le fardeau de ses passions et de ses péchés. Et de fait, seul vieillit le portrait où se peint l'âme noire de Dorian qui, bien plus tard, dira au peintre : «Chacun de nous porte en soi le ciel et l'enfer.»
Et ce livre lui-même est double : il nous conduit dans un Londres lugubre et louche, noyé dans le brouillard et les vapeurs d'opium, mais nous ouvre également la comédie de salon des beaux quartiers. Lorsqu'il parut, en 1890, il fut considéré comme immoral. Mais sa singularité, bien plutôt, est d'être un roman réaliste, tout ensemble, et un roman d'esthète - fascinants, l'un et l'autre, d'une étrangeté qui touche au fantastique.

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Publisher
Le Livre de poche
Language
French
Pages
285

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Cover of: The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2014, Standard Ebooks
in English
Cover of: Picture of Dorian Gray
Picture of Dorian Gray
2014, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
in English
Cover of: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray
Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray
2013-11-20, Project Gutenberg
in German
Cover of: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
2008-10-01, Project Gutenberg
in English
Cover of: Le portrait de Dorian Gray
Le portrait de Dorian Gray
2004-11-28, Project Gutenberg
in French
Cover of: The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
2003-05-01, Project Gutenberg
in English
Cover of: Het portret van Dorian Gray
Het portret van Dorian Gray
2003-12-01, Project Gutenberg
in Dutch
Cover of: Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
2001, Le Livre de poche
Paperback in French
Cover of: Het portret van Dorian Gray
Het portret van Dorian Gray
1999-02-28, Prometheus, Uitgeverij
Cover of: The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1994-10-01, Project Gutenberg
in English
Cover of: The Pictures of Dorian Gray
The Pictures of Dorian Gray
1988, The Franklin Library
in English
Cover of: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Cover of: the picture of dorian gray
the picture of dorian gray
1962, a signet classic published by the new american library
in English
Cover of: The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1946, The World Publishing Company
in English
Cover of: The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1931, Illustrated Editions Company
in English
Cover of: The picture of Dorian Gray
The picture of Dorian Gray
1926, Ye Olde Paris Booke-Shoppe
in English
Cover of: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Cover of: תמונת דוריאן גרי
תמונת דוריאן גרי
1918, A.Y. Sht Đibl
in Hebrew

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Book Details


First Sentence

"L'artiste est celui qui crée des choses de beauté."

Edition Notes

Published in
Paris, France
Series
Classiques de poche, 569
Translation Of
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Translated From
English

Contributors

Translator
Vladimir Volkoff
Editor
Jean-Pierre Naugrette

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
285
Dimensions
17.8 x 11 x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL60973811M
ISBN 10
2253002887
ISBN 13
9782253002888
OCLC/WorldCat
468540206
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
cb376361868

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL8193416W
Wikidata
Q82464
BookBrainz
7820f760-7b9c-415e-a3d8-64335a073725
MusicBrainz
5c398efb-7b80-491e-9e74-a3db28594068
LibraryThing
1527

Work Description

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine. The novel-length version was published in April 1891.

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