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The Picture of Dorian Gray - Clothbound Classics (Hardback)

Oscar Wilde, Robert Mighall

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Part of "Penguin's" beautiful hardback "Clothbound Classics" series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. 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.

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141442464

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was an Irish author and the most popular playwright in 1890s London. He studied the Classics at Dublin and Oxford before moving to London. He wrote his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, in 1890 but his reputation arose from the success of his plays.

In 1895 Wilde brought a case of libel against the Marquess of Queensberry after the latter called him a sodomite. During the trial, evidence appeared which led to Wilde's eventual arrest for 'gross indecency with other men.' He was imprisoned to two years hard labour and left for France upon his release. He died in Paris at the age of 46.

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“Surprising....”

Wow....I chose to read this book because I was intrigued to read a novel by Oscar Wilde. I though it would be quite heavy going and difficult to read. I was pleasantly surprised at how easily I got into it and how... More

GemmaP1985

22nd August 2014

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“Excellent Book”

The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is such an excellent book. I recently bought this version of the book and was stunned by how beautiful the book itself was. The story inside however is a dark and twisted... More

Leanne Wells

26th January 2012

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“Oscar Wilde is simply genius”

Out of all the classic novels that can be found, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is by far my favourite. The plot may not appeal to everyone's taste, as it did not appeal to me; however Oscar Wilde's... More

Michael Connor

21st June 2011

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