The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
This is Wilde's masterful and wonderfully entertaining exploration of art and morality.
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence.
The novel was a succes de scandale and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895. It has lost none of its power to fascinate and disturb.
About The Author
Born in Ireland, Wilde (1854-1900) was educated in Dublin and Oxford and became the leading exponent of aestheticism. His work includes plays, a novel, poetry and criticism. Imprisoned for homosexual acts, he died after his release in exile in Paris. Robert Mighall has written on Gothic fiction and is the editor of Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for Penguin Classics. Peter Ackroyd is a best-selling writer whose recent work includes biographies on Dickens and Blake.
Format: Paperback | 316 pages
Dimensions (cm): 17.7 x 11.1 x 1.6 | 260g
Publication Date: 1992
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Publication City/Country: Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN10: 1853260150
ISBN13: 9781853260155
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Some obvious damage to the cover including minor scuff marks, and 3 large, obvious creases (2 on the front cover, one on the back cover), but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.