
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde(Author)
Robert Mighall(Editor)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 3. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-14-144203-7 (ISBN)
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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.
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New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-144203-7 (9780141442037)
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Oscar Wilde | Robert Mighall
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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01/2003
Penguin Classics
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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.