Binding: Paperback
Description: A triumph of execution one of the best narratives of the "double life" of a Victorian gentleman Peter Ackroyd Oscar Wilde's alluring novel of decadence and sin was a succ's de scandale on publication. It follows Dorian Gray who enthralled by his own exquisite portrait 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 depravity. This definitive edition includes a selection of contemporary reviews condemning the novel's immorality. Edited with an Introduction and notes by Robert Mighall
Title: The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Author(s): Wilde Oscar, Robert Mighall
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780141439570
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 2/4/2003
Category: Classic Fiction