Picture of Dorian Gray Chapter introductions

Chapter introductions

no matter how hard he scrubs

paints a cultural history of the commercial peak and near-total collapse of a great music era

and the way in which their singular friendship helped form the foundation for the modern civil rights movement

"Profoundly important

Picture of Dorian Gray Chapter introductionsWilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the