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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Books "THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY"

Judul Asli : THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

Publishers Wordsworth Classics (paperback)

This edition published in Wordsworth Editions Limited, May 1^st 2001

(first published 1890) | 234 p

ISBN : 978-1853-260-155

The story begin when Basil Hallward – an excellent and rather genius artist return from his mysterious dissappears for a while, outside the social community. As an old acquaintance, Lord Henry Wotton are welcoming him and begin interested in Basil’s new painting, a self-portrait of young beautiful merely adonis man, who also gave such high praise as the best works of Basil himself. But when Harry (that’s Lord Henry called by his close friends) mention that the picture must be display at public as the great achievement of the artist, he really surprise and curious when Basil turn-down the offer, and that follow by his act persuing the real reason why Basil so reluctant to open-up about the young man named Dorian Gray.

Judul Asli : THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Publishers Avon Books (an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers)

This edition published by Avon Books, January 1965 | 160 p

Cover illustration by Alex Tsao

ISBN : 0-380-01277-4

www.avonbooks.com

After the attempt to understood several plays by Shakespeare and Greek Myths, this play really like a ‘fresh-air’ that get-rid all my heavy thought. Not only sets in more modern situation, it also really funny and hillarious, while the whole characters plays so seriously to make the audience laughing at them-self. It pure a genius work of art by Oscar Wilde, considering you making fun and even mocking the real life of high society, by its status or even how they judge others by appearance from ‘out-side’ looks. Marriage or even engagement are just another ways of trading with benefits, that’s means poor people are not welcome, but the most ‘snobbering’ thing is how you ended-up in family tree. If you cannot provide a genuine proof that you somehow related to someone else, who inherited higher status or even royalties.

Books “PANGERAN BAHAGIA”

Judul Asli : THE HAPPY PRINCE & OTHER STORIES

Penerbit : PT Serambi Ilmu Semesta

Alih Bahasa : Risyiana Muthia

Editor : Dian Pranasari

Proofreader : Adi Toha & Dinar Ramdhani Nugraha

Cover by IG Grafix

Cover Illustration by Charles Robinson [ from The Happy Prince & Other Stories by Oscar Wilde ; published by David Nutt, Londin, 1888

Cetakan I : April 2011 , 108 hlm

Mengenal nama Oscar Wilde lewat karyanya The Picture of Dorian Gray serta karya lakonnya yang sangat menggelitik The Importance of Being Earnest, ternyata rasa humornya yang unik dan terbilang ‘satir’ serta kejeliannya dalam menyoroti sifat serta karakter manusia, juga muncul dalam buku yang merupakan kumpulan cerita pendek ini. Awalnya kuduga ini sekedar dongeng kanak-kanak belaka, namun setelah membaca satu demi satu, sungguh mengejutkan, dibalik permainan dongeng serta legenda yang menakjubkan, tersembunyi pesan-pesan yang cukup ‘blak-blakan’ bagi pembaca anak-anak atau remaja.