The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Author: Oscar Wilde

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  • : $14.99 AUD
  • : 9780141439570
  • : Penguin UK
  • : Penguin
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  • : 0.229
  • : March 2003
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 17mm
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  • : 14.99
  • : October 2002
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  • : Oscar Wilde
  • : Penguin Classics Ser.
  • : Paperback
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  • : en
  • : 823.8
  • : 2003267607
  • : 304
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  • : chronology, further reading, notes
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Barcode 9780141439570
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Description

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.

Author description

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.