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The Picture of Dorian Gray (film tie-in) (Penguin Classics)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (film tie-in) (Penguin Classics)

by WildeOscar (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

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Synopsis

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 Picture of Dorian Gray was a succes de scandal. Early readers were shocked by its hints of unspeakable sins, and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at his trial at the Old Bailey in 1895.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: Film tie-in ed
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 13 Aug 2009
ISBN 10: 0141191538
ISBN 13: 9780141191539

Author Bio
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.