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Dorian, an Imitation is a British novel by Will Self. The book is a modern take on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. The novel was originally published by Viking Press in 2002 and subsequently by Penguin in 2003. Self was originally asked to adapt the 1890 Wilde novel into a film screenplay, but this project did not come to fruition.
William Rukard Hurd Hatfield (December 7, 1917 – December 26, 1998) was an American actor. He is best known for having played characters of handsome, narcissistic young men, most notably Dorian Gray in the film The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945).
The literary merits of The Picture of Dorian Gray impressed Stoddart, but he told the publisher, George Lippincott, "in its present condition there are a number of things an innocent woman would make an exception to." [6] Fearing that the story was indecent, Stoddart deleted around five hundred words without Wilde's knowledge prior to publication.
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William C. Doran (December 21, 1884 – January 23, 1965) [1] [2] was an associate justice of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 1, from October 14, 1935, until 1958. Biography
The "terrifying ancient gods of Granbretan who were said to have ruled the land before the Tragic Millennium" are based on The Beatles: Jhone, Jhorg, Phowl and Rhunga.. Yet other gods from the "tragic millennium" are based on 20th Century British Prime Ministers Chirshil, the Howling God (Winston Churchill) and Aral Vilsn, the Roaring God (Harold Wilson), Supreme God) or writers: Bjrin Adass ...
Joseph George Dorian Williams OBE (1 July 1914 – 21 July 1985) was a British equestrian, journalist, broadcaster, author and patron of the arts. Life [ edit ]
Dorian (/ ˈ d ɔːr i ən /) is a given name of Greek origin. In Greek , the meaning of the name Dorian is of Doris , a district of Ancient Greece, [ 1 ] or of Dorus , a legendary Greek hero. Dorus was a son of Hellen, the eponymous progenitor of the Hellenes.