Q&A: What are some of the differences between the original “Picture of Dorian Grey” and the Lippencott edition?
Friday, November 26th, 2010 question by Dan X : What are some of the differences between the original “Picture of Dorian Gray” and the Lippincott edition are ?
I read the originally published version, then bought a Wilde anthology that’s probably the Lippincott. I have no time to read the whole thing again, though (too many other works on my list). Can anyone tell where in the act or in the chapter of the cut material? I imagine this is the uncut version, because the same anthology (“The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde” by Barnes and Noble has published books) includes the uncut four-act version of “The Importance of Being Earnest,” so it is likely that “Dorian” is complete auch.Wenn anyone had the same anthology, page numbers would also be very useful sein.Vielen Thanks! Who ever read this book? I recommend it …. Best answer:
response from Desert Queen
Oscar Wilde wrote the first novel in 1890 to Lippincott’s Magazine. (Went from version from 1891, the print as a book) This version of Chapter 5 was not considered. The chapter was a domestic view of the first love Sibyl Vane, Dorian’s. He made other minor changes throughout the book. Unfortunately, this protocol is not fully known, nor I am sure all of the original work is available to compare. I have both the collected works of Oscar Wilde Wordsworth Editions, and The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde Harper Collins published Centenary Edition. Unfortunately I have not the same anthology, but I know that both the Oxford and the Harper Collins editions the story exactly as it was printed in 1891. Dorian Gray is by far my favorite novel I’ve read it again and again and read again, since I was 15!
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