The Picture of Dorian Gray
$32.00
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2011
Summary
The Price of Eternal Youth: Dorian Gray’s Secret
Beautifully designed clothbound edition, part of a collectible series.
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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141442464 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141442468 |
| Series: | Penguin Clothbound Classics |
| Author: | Oscar Wilde, Robert Mighall |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 419g |
| Dimensions: | 205mm x 137mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Oscar Wilde
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.
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