![]() By implication, Wilde would have preferred we read today the uncensored version of his novel. Wilde famously said that The Picture of Dorian Gray "contains much of me": Basil Hallward is "what I think I am," Lord Henry "what the world thinks me," and "Dorian what I would like to be-in other ages, perhaps." Wilde's comment suggests a backward glance to a Greek or Dorian Age, but also a forward-looking view to a more permissive time than his own repressive Victorian era. Oscar Wilde, Richard Allen Cave (Editor) 4.24 avg rating 50,196 ratings published 1898 99 editions. The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays. The British press condemned it as "vulgar," "unclean," "poisonous," "discreditable," and "a sham." When Wilde later enlarged the novel for publication in book form, he responded to his critics by further toning down its "immoral" elements. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Even in its redacted form, the novel caused public outcry. Wilde's editor's concern was well placed. He proceeded to go through the typescript with his pencil, cleaning it up until he made it "acceptable to the most fastidious taste." Wilde did not see these changes until his novel appeared in print. Oscar Wilde, in full Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Irelanddied November 30, 1900, Paris, France), Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose reputation rests on his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being. was voted Capital Gay Book of The Year his second, Mr Clive and Mr Page. Contained within its pages was material he feared readers would find "offensive"-especially instances of graphic homosexual content. A passionate attempt to fix what is essential in Oscar Wilde, fraud and martyr. Upon receipt of the typescript, Wilde's editor panicked at what he saw. This volume restores all of the material removed by the novel's first editor. ![]() ![]() More than 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. An introduction to the life and works, particularly the period from 1890 to 1895. ![]()
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