| Titre : | The Picture of Dorian Gray - Teacher's Book |
| Auteurs : | Oscar Wilde, Auteur ; H. Q. Mitchell, Adaptateur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | MM Publications, 2005 |
| Collection : | Greaded Readers |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-960-478-164-5 |
| Format : | 80 p. + 24 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | LF (Lecture facile) |
| Mots-clés: | reader / roman |
| Résumé : |
Level 5 - Teacher's Book
The novel opens with Henry Wotton and his friend, Basil Hallward. The pair are admiring a painting recently of ‘a young man of extraordinary personal beauty.’ The young man in question is Dorian Gray. One evening, Dorian realises that his beauty will soon wither and fade, and makes a deal with the devil to retain his youth: ‘If it were only the other way! If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old!’ Dorian meets a young actress, Sybil Vane and spends his evenings watching her perform at a local theatre. He woos her for a short time and soon proposes marriage, which she accepts. Sybil’s brother James vows that ‘if this man wrongs my sister, I will find out who he is, track him down and kill him like a dog.’ The next evening Dorian, Basil and Henry go to watch Sybil perform, but her acting is appalling. After the performance Dorian breaks off his engagement to Sybil, declaring that he cannot ever love her. Upon returning home Dorian realizes that the facial expression of his portrait has altered to reflect his cruel treatment of Sybil. Dorian decides that the proper thing to do is to go back to Sybil and reaffirm his love for her; however, the next day Dorian hears the news that the young actress has killed herself in the night. After this incident and over the following years Dorian leads a life of debauchery: the portrait alters each time a sin is committed. Dorian’s debauchery is heavily influenced by an unnamed book given to him as a gift by Henry. Many years later Basil goes to visit Dorian with the intention of confronting him about the sinful life he has been living. Dorian does not deny the things he has done and takes Basil to see the portrait that has always remained hidden. On seeing the altered portrait, Basil begs Dorian to repent his sins. Dorian, in a fit of madness and resentment stabs Basil to death. He seeks out Alan Campbell, an acquaintance, and blackmails him into destroying Basil’s corpse. Following this incident, James Vane inadvertently catches Dorian leaving an Opium den but releases him, believing him too young to have been the man involved with his deceased sister. A passing woman reveals to James that he is indeed the man in question. The following week, Dorian spots James on the grounds; but the next day James is accidentally killed while Dorian and his friends are out hunting. Dorian finally realizes the error of his ways and reaffirms his desire to be good, hoping that the portrait will change to reflect his new life. When he inspects the painting he finds that there is no real change except that the painting has ‘a look of cunning, and in the mouth the curved wrinkle of the hypocrite.' In a fit of rage, Dorian seizes the knife he used to kill Basil and stabs the portrait with it. His servants hear a scream and call for the police. When they arrive they find the portrait as it originally was and a corpse aged horribly and unidentifiable: ‘it was only when they examined the rings that they recognised who it was.’ |
| Nature du document : | Fiction / Kurgusal |
| Genre : | roman |
| Thème de fiction : | Fantastique |
| Discipline : | Anglais |
| Niveau : | Bons lecteurs |
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