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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is a story of moral corruption. A gothic melodrama, it is full of subtle impression and epigram. It touches on many of Wilde's recurring themes, such as the nature and spirit of art, aestheticism and the dangers inherent in it.In the wealthy and vain hedonist Dorian Gray, London painter Basil Hallward has found his muse. Only when the portrait of Dorian begins to age, while the man himself remains untouched by time, do they realize they may have...
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
An incredibly handsome young man in Victorian England retains his youthful appearance over the years while his portrait reflects both his age and evil soul as he pursues a life of decadence and corruption.
Author
Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An incredibly handsome young man in Victorian England retains his youthful appearance over the years while his portrait reflects both his age and evil soul as he pursues a life of decadence and corruption.
5) The Duke
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full...