Sinopse: Late nineteenth century London: a city of contrasts. Great wealth and terrible poverty, beauty and ugliness, purity and immorality. Oscar Wilde takes the reader into this strange and fascinating world through the strange story of the picture of Dorian Gray. Young, handsome and innocent, the aristocrat Dorian is visiting his friend, the kind and gentle painter Basil Hallward, when he meets Lord Henry Wotton. Entertaining and cynical, Lord Henry introduces Dorian to the idea of a world where the only value is beauty, and everything must serve this ideal. But how can Dorian survive ageing and ugliness? In front of his beautiful portrait, painted by Hallward, Dorian makes a terrible wish. This wish will come true, dragging Dorian into a world of the senses, of beauty and joy, but also of terror, of fear and ultimately of murder... Information about Oscar Wilde''s life, sections focusing on background and context, glossary of difficult words, comprehension activities, PET-style activities, exit test. Idade Mínima Recomendada: 15 Anos Idade Máxima Recomendada: 21 Anos
Biografia: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, ou simplesmente Oscar Wilde, foi um influente escritor, poeta e dramaturgo irlandês. Conhecido por sua sagacidade mordaz, pelas vestimentas extravagantes de dândi, pela habilidade de conversação e de ditos espirituosos e ricos em sarcasmo, ironia e cinismo, Wilde tornou-se uma das personalidades mais famosas de sua época e um dos dramaturgos mais populares de Londres, em 1890, após escrever de diversas formas na década de 1880.
