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王尔德狱中记
奥斯卡・王尔德(OscarWilde.1854―1900)是英国19世纪末颓废的唯美主义文学的代表作家。他的一生,有过因杰出的才华丽众星烘月般的荣耀,也有过因放浪不羁、声名狼藉而坠人万劫不复的精神地狱的悲惨。快乐时他是一只在天地间自由地吃取快乐之果的无忧鸟,放浪时他是向地狱最深处潜去以攫取恶名的撤旦,悲哀时则是终日以泪洗面、痛心疾首的圣徒……王尔德就是这样一个矛盾同一体,解剖这个复杂的矛盾同一体,对我们了解一个天才的人格,了解这个天才所处时代的“人格”,都是意味深长而又艰难的工作。而他一生所写的书信,无疑是我们实现这个目的的一件锐器,是我们可以探视到王尔德灵魂最深处秘密的 -
The Picture of Dorian Gray
在线阅读本书 Enthralled by a portrait of himself, young Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to exchange his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Thus he is able to indulge in his desires, as only the portrait bears the traces of his decadence and becomes a nightmarish picture of his soul. Edited with an Introduction by Robert Mighall Preface by Peter Ackroyd