Classic·Gothic fiction
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
What dark price would you pay if a portrait aged with your sins while you remained forever young?
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1888 · Complete work
Azul…
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“The dazzling blend of poetic prose and verse that ignited Hispanic Modernism and transformed the music of Spanish literature.”
Published in 1888, Azul... ignited the revolutionary Modernismo movement that reshaped Spanish-language literature. Blending sensual poetic prose with innovative verse, Rubén Darío creates an evocative universe of classical mythology, Parisian bohemian ideals, and romantic longing. Through stories of misunderstood artists, woodland nymphs, and bourgeois vanity, Darío infuses every page with lush imagery, exotic elegance, and refined musicality. Drawing inspiration from French Parnassianism and Symbolism, this milestone collection challenges provincial aesthetic boundaries and captures the eternal pursuit of absolute beauty, making it an essential gateway into late-nineteenth-century literary innovation.
21 Episodes · Classic
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All Episodes (21)
Episode 01
~8 min
Chapter I · I
“To my mind, it is as meaningful to say that art is the blue as to say that it is the green, the yellow, or the red.”
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Episode 02
~6 min
Chapter I · II
“What does a trinket, a cameo, an enamel, a painting, or a finely carved goblet teach or treat of?”
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Episode 03
~13 min
Chapter II · I
“None of this, however, serves me today to judge you, for I know nothing of those works.”
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Episode 04
~11 min
Chapter II · II
“Let us picture a young, pretty, and doting mother, holding in her arms a chubby, rosy, fair-haired two-year-old boy.”
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Episode 05
~12 min
Chapter II · III
“The gods had told him: “Enjoy yourself; the woods are yours; be a happy rogue, pursue nymphs, and play your flute.””
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Episode 06
~10 min
Chapter II · IV
“Everyone stared at her in astonishment, and she looked at me, looked at me like a cat, and laughed like a tickled girl.”
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Episode 07
~12 min
Chapter II · V
“To one a quarry had fallen by lot; to another, the rainbow; to another, rhythm; to another, the azure sky.”
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Episode 08
~11 min
Chapter II · 6
“Agitated and stirred, the gnome—who was learned and possessed an exceedingly lively temper—continued his monologue.”
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Episode 09
~9 min
Chapter II · 7
“All wept for her in the mansion, and the healthy, sentimental mother came to contemplate the white palms for a maiden’s coffin.”
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Episode 10
~11 min
Chapter II · 8
““Today, in the height of spring, I leave open the cage door to the blue bird.””
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Episode 11
~4 min
En Busca de Cuadros
“Further off lay the sea: steely, misty, the ships clustered together, the horizon blue and distant.”
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Episode 12
~3 min
Paisaje
“In a narrow chamber, within soot-stained walls, black, very black, men were working at the forge.”
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Episode 13
~3 min
La Cabeza
“Already the flowering lilies, heavy with honey, have opened their pale chalices beneath the gold of the sun.”
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Episode 14
~3 min
Un Retrato de Wateu
“A marchioness contemporary with Madame de Maintenon, solitary in her cabinet, puts the finishing touches to her toilet.”
595 words
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Episode 15
~3 min
Al Carbón
“Clothed in black, wrapped in a mantle, her countenance stood out severe and sublime, set against the vague gloom of a confessional.”
580 words
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Episode 16
~9 min
El Ideal · I
“She was an ancient statue endowed with a soul that peeped through her eyes—angelic eyes, all tenderness, all azure sky, all enigma.”
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Episode 17
~10 min
El Ideal · II
“Deep in his brain, Señor Recaredo, artist and sculptor, asked himself: “What can ail my little wife?””
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Episode 18
~3 min
Chapter I · III
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Public-domain work (1888). Text: Project Gutenberg #52894. The English version is an AI-assisted translation and may contain errors. Digital edition by Inkora Stories. Learn more