摘要
Oscar Wilde is a brilliant Irish dramatist, novelist and critic. His only novel ― The Picture of Dorian Gray— is one of the most influential works by Wilde. This paper aims to study the paradox of the three main characters' life in this novel through close reading in order to achieve a better understanding of this controversial book.
Oscar Wilde is a brilliant Irish dramatist, novelist and critic. His only novel -- The Picture of Dorian Gray- is one of the most influential works by Wilde. This paper aims to study the paradox of the three main characters' life in this novel through close reading in order to achieve a better understanding of this controversial book.