The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition

Name: The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition
Rating: 4.037377690802348 (2555 reviews)
Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9780007351053

by Oscar Wilde, Susan Beattie

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272 pages752 editions2010HarperCollins UKISBN 9780007351053

FictionAction & AdventureClassicsHistoricalHorrorLiteraryMystery & DetectiveTraditional

About this book

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young... If it was only the other way!' Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful. The painting, which reflects each of Gray's sins and transgressions in its hideousness, haunts him until it finally becomes unbearable. In this dark tale of duplicity and mortality, Wilde creates a world where art and reality collide.

Publication Details

Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2010
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9780007351053
Language: en
Editions: 752

About Oscar Wilde

An Irish writer, poet, and prominent aesthete. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain, and died in poverty.