The Picture of Dorian Gray

Name: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Rating: 4.178861788617886 (123 reviews)
Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9780140431872

by Oscar Wilde

4.2

(123 ratings)

272 pages1986Penguin ClassicsISBN 9780140431872

BRITISH AND IRISH FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)

About this book

The tale of a youth whose features, year after year, retain the same appearance of innocent beauty while the shame of his abhorrent vices becomes mirrored on the features of his portrait.

Publication Details

Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 1986
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9780140431872
Language: en

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.