Summary
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Intellectually superior, provocative, self-indulgent, extravagant, without moral and artistic prejudices, Wilde destroyed the outdated canons and conventions of his "pre-media" era by his work and behavior, paving the way for the media performances of the mentioned and numerous other pop idols of today. As a declared hedonist and esthete, obsessively obsessed with beauty and youth, Wilde comes up with his own idea: to remain eternally young, and transfer all the burden of time to his framed portrait!
Of course, he could not fulfill his wish in his own life, but that's why he fulfilled it in his main character when the latter cried out to the author: "How sad it is!" muttered Dorian Gray persistently looking at his portrait. "Oh, so sad! I will grow old, become ugly and ugly. But that image will forever remain young. Never older than this June day... Oh, if only it could be the other way around! That I remain eternally young, and that the painting grows old! I would give anything, anything for that! Yes, there is no treasure in the whole world that I would not give for that! And his soul too!»... And Dorian gave, both soul and body, and not only them... and what else and how, be sure to read in this iconic masterpiece.
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