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The Picture of Dorian Gray begins on a summer day in Victorian England, where Lord Henry Wotton, an opinionated man, is observing the sensitive artist Basil Hallward painting a portrait of Dorian Gray, a handsome young man, who is Basil's ultimate muse.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Harmondsworth: Penguin Classics, 2006), ISBN 9780141442037. Edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Mighall. Included as an appendix is Peter Ackroyd's introduction to the 1986 Penguin Classics edition. It reproduces the 1891 book edition. The Picture of Dorian Gray (Broadview Press, 1998) ISBN 978-1-55111 ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray, novel by Oscar Wilde Dorian Gray vocally offers his soul in exchange for eternal youth so that a painting will age for him. [22] The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Rachel sells her soul to the devil to get out of the Congo. [23] Rosemary's Baby, novel by Ira Levin [24]
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a television play episode of the BBC One anthology television series Play of the Month It stars Peter Firth, Jeremy Brett, and John Gielgud. [1] A 100-minute adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by John Osborne, it was first broadcast on 19 September 1976. [2]
The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983) (made-for-television) [25] Directed by Tony Maylam; screenplay by Ken August and Peter Lawrence Starring Belinda Bauer as a female Dorian Gray; Anthony Perkins as Henry Lord This version sees Dorian Gray as an actress and photographic model who becomes immortal, while an audition tape she made ages for her.
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.
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Dorian sits with his friend Basil and another man, drinking in a London strip club. They split up. Dorian goes to an empty theatre and watches a girl rehearsing the part of Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. He takes her for a hot dog and coffee and they drink water from a fountain. They walk arm in arm through the night.