John Drew Libros

Joven agraciado y bellísimo, dotado de «toda la pasión del espíritu romántico y toda la perfección de lo griego», Dorian Gray es, cuando lo retrata el distinguido pintor Basil Hallward, la encarnación de la armonía vital incorrupta. Sin embargo, inevitablemente, las pasiones, la maldad, el impetuoso torrente de la vida, irrumpen en su existencia. Para su asombro, Gray descubre que es su retrato quien va asumiendo su deterioro físico y moral, protegiendo, en apariencia, su inmaculada imagen. Publicada en 1890, “El retrato de Dorian Gray” supuso el salto a la fama y la popularidad de Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), quien bajo el disfraz de una historia de atracción irresistible, desarrolla a la vez una fábula en torno al ser y la apariencia, la realidad y la imagen, la vida y el arte. Traducción de José Luis López Muñoz

With the phenomenally popular weekly magazines Household Words and All the Year Round, Charles Dickens effectively re-invented periodical literature in the nineteenth century. Already enjoying huge stature as a world-famous author, Dickens was often the principal contributor of the journals that carried the novels serialized within them. As, by his own term, the“conductor” of the weekly magazines, he was able to direct the gaze of his readership, easily eliding fiction and non-fiction, to those things that most concerned him – poverty, crime, education, public health, women, and social welfare and reform. This collection of new essays from a rich variety of contributors, explores the journalism and fiction in Household Words and All Year Round and their relationship to the wider publishing world. The essays were presented at the Dickens Journals Online Conference launched in March 2012.

The book is a reprint of a classic work originally published in 1860, preserving the historical context and language of the time. It offers readers a glimpse into the themes and societal issues of the era, reflecting the author's unique perspective and literary style. This edition aims to provide a faithful representation of the original text, allowing both new readers and those familiar with the work to appreciate its significance in literary history.

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