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  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
  • Edition: BB Hardback
  • Publication: 15 May 2025
  • ISBN 13/EAN: 9780486854519
  • Stock: Not Yet Published
  • Size: 127x203 mm
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: £16.99
  • Series: Dover Bookshelf
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The Picture of Dorian Gray

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by Oscar Wilde

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Book Description

Oscar Wilde's first novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, published in 1891, ignited significant controversy and criticism.

This provocative story closely mirrored Wilde's own life, capturing his pursuit of aestheticism and decadent indulgence. As a prominent figure in the Aesthetic Movement, Wilde's flamboyant lifestyle and affairs scandalized Victorian society. Captivated by his own portrait's enduring beauty and youth, Dorian Gray leads a life of excess and vice, while his portrait grotesquely reflects his moral decay.

Wilde's eventual imprisonment for "gross indecency" highlighted the peril of living purely for beauty and pleasure, much like Dorian's tragic end. The Dover Bookshelf presents Wilde's incisive wit and rich prose in a splendid hardcover collectible, illuminating the dangers of vanity, hedonism, and the quest for eternal youth a profound critique of societal values and the dualities within human nature.

About the Author

About Oscar Wilde

Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) remains best known for his comedies of the 1890s, including The Importance of Being Earnest, and for his tragic imprisonment and untimely death.

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