文档介绍：The Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde, Oscar Published:1891 Type(s):Novels Source:Feedbooks 1 About Wilde: OscarFingalO'FlahertieWillsWilde(October16,1854–November30, 1900)wasanIrishplaywright,novelist,poet,andshortstorywriter. Knownforhisbarbedwit,essfulplaywrights oflateVictorianLondon, theresultofafamoustrial,hesufferedadramaticdownfallandwasim- prisonedfortwoyearsofhardlabourafterbeingconvictedoftheoffence of"grossindecency". termimplieshomosexualactsnotamountingtobuggeryinBritishlegis- lation of the time. Source: Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Wilde: ?The Canterville Ghost(1887) ?The Nightingale and the Rose(1888) Note:This book is brought to you by Feedbooks. ictly for personal use, do not use this file mercial purposes. 2 Chapter1 Thestudiowasfilledwiththerichodourofroses,andwhenthelight summerwindstirredamidstthetreesofthegarden,therecamethrough theopendoortheheavyscentofthelilac,orthemoredelicateperfume of the pink-flowering thorn. FromthecornerofthedivanofPersiansaddle-bagsonwhichhewas lying,smoking,aswashiscustom,innumerablecigarettes,LordHenry Wottoncouldjustcatchthegleamofthehoney-sweetandhoney-col- ouredblossomsofalaburnum,whosetremulousbranchesseemed hardlyabletobeartheburdenofabeautysoflamelikeastheirs;and nowandthenthefantasticshadowsofbirdsinflightflittedacrossthe longtussore-silkcurtainsthatwerestretchedinfrontofthehugewin- dow,producingakindofmomentaryJapaneseeffect,andmakinghim thinkofthosepallid,jade-facedpaintersofTokyowho,throughtheme- diumofanartthatisnecessarilyimmobile,seektoconveythesenseof waythroughthelongunmowngrass,orcirclingwithmonotonousin- sistenceroundthedustygilthornsofthestragglingwoodbine,seemed the bourdon note of a an. Inthecentreoftheroom,clampedtoanuprighteasel,stoodthefull- lengthportraitofayoungmanofextraordinarypersonalb